Evolving Evidence for the Efficacy and Safety of ECT for Agitation in Alzheimer Disease

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program (BPF, ATR, DGH), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (BPF, DGH), Boston, MA; Partners Population Health, Partners Healthcare (BPF), Somerville, MA. Electronic address: bforester@partners.org.
² Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program (BPF, ATR, DGH), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
³ Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program (BPF, ATR, DGH), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (BPF, DGH), Boston, MA.
⁴ Northwell Health System, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, (GP), Glen Oaks, NY; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (GP), East Garden City, NY.

Editorial

Brent P Forester et al. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;28(2):164-166.

doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.10.013. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

¹ Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program (BPF, ATR, DGH), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (BPF, DGH), Boston, MA; Partners Population Health, Partners Healthcare (BPF), Somerville, MA. Electronic address: bforester@partners.org.
² Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program (BPF, ATR, DGH), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
³ Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program (BPF, ATR, DGH), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (BPF, DGH), Boston, MA.
⁴ Northwell Health System, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, (GP), Glen Oaks, NY; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (GP), East Garden City, NY.

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Comment on

Efficacy and Safety of ECT for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): A Retrospective Chart Review.
Hermida AP, Tang YL, Glass O, Janjua AU, McDonald WM. Hermida AP, et al. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;28(2):157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.09.008. Epub 2019 Sep 26. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020. PMID: 31668364