High dose right unilateral was as effective as bilateral electroconvulsive therapy for major depression

  • Fink, Max MD

  • State University New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, USA

Sackeim HA, Prudic J, Devanand DP, et al. A prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison of bilateral and right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy at different stimulus intensities. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2000 May;57:425–34.

Source of funding: US National Institute of Mental Health.

For correspondence: Dr H A Sackeim, Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. Fax +1 212 543 5854.

Evidence-Based Mental Health 3(4):p 115, November 2000.
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