Monitoring of antidepressant response to ECT with polysomnographic recordings and the dexamethasone suppression test

L Grunhaus; D Tiongco; A Pande; A Eiser; R F Haskett; J F Greden; J E Shipley

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(88)90060-1

Monitoring of antidepressant response to ECT with polysomnographic recordings and the dexamethasone suppression test

Psychiatry Res. 1988 May;24(2):177-85. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(88)90060-1.

Authors

L Grunhaus¹, D Tiongco, A Pande, A Eiser, R F Haskett, J F Greden, J E Shipley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

PMID: 3406238
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(88)90060-1

Abstract

Ten patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) only were followed with serial sleep polysomnographic recordings and dexamethasone suppression tests (DSTs). Both biological correlates of depression showed improvement with ECT. The use of serial sleep measures and serial DSTs in monitoring the clinical response to ECT is discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Brain / physiopathology*
Depressive Disorder / physiopathology
Depressive Disorder / therapy*
Dexamethasone
Electroconvulsive Therapy*
Electroencephalography
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sleep / physiology*

Substances

Dexamethasone