The Duration in Treatment With Electroconvulsive Therapy Among Patients Screening Positive or Negative for Borderline Personality Disorder Traits: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While emerging evidence suggests that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for depressive symptoms in patients with co-occurring borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits, it is unclear whether the presence of BPD traits modulates the tolerability of ECT. This study estimates the association between BPD traits and retention in acute course ECT treatment.

Methods

This study used a retrospective cohort of patients receiving ECT between 2015 and 2020 and who were assessed using the McLean Screening Instrument for BPD, the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self-Report 16-item scale, and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment before initiating treatment.

Results

One thousand five hundred eight patients received ECT during the study p

SUBMITTER: Luccarelli J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420745 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature