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Originally Posted by Kizzy
I'm aware of that they were catagorised in the PDF study I posted ..
Anxiety 1 0.1
Bipolar disorder - depression 39 2.1
Bipolar disorder - mania 3 0.2
Bipolar disorder 21 1.1
Catatonia - cause not stated 41 7.8
Catatonia - depression 11 0.6
Catatonia - schizophrenia 8 0.4
Depression 1637 86.4
Mania 13 0.7
Mixed affective psychosis 3 0.2
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome 1 0.1
Peri-natal depression 1 0.1
Post-natal depression 14 0.7
Persistent delusional disorder 1 0.1
Psychosis 9 0.5
Schizoaffective disorder -depression 9 0.5
Schizoaffective disorder 6 0.3
Schizophrenia 9 0.5
Schizophrenia - mood disorder
1637 aged persons in that study were found to be suffering 'depression' not any of the other sub categories you stated.
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I don't know how why they didn't specify. But the fact is, ECT is administered very conservatively and I mean very.
If nothing else (and there's plenty of medical reasons), it is a very expensive treatment requiring hospital stay etc. No doctor would dream of recommending it if there were alternatives.