No causal association between electroconvulsive therapy and death: a summary of a report from the Danish Health and Medicines Authority covering 99,728 treatments

J ECT. 2014 Dec;30(4):263-4. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000169.

Authors

Søren Dinesen Østergaard¹, Tom G Bolwig, Georgios Petrides

Affiliation

¹ From the *Research Department P, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov; †The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Aarhus; ‡Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; and §Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Hofstra North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Glen Oaks, NY.

PMID: 25166734
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000169

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cause of Death
Denmark / epidemiology
Electroconvulsive Therapy / adverse effects*
Electroconvulsive Therapy / mortality*
Heart Diseases / complications
Heart Diseases / diagnosis
Humans
Lung Diseases / complications
Lung Diseases / diagnosis
Mental Disorders / psychology
Mental Disorders / therapy
Registries
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide / statistics & numerical data