Electroconvulsive Therapy in Medication-Nonresponsive Patients With Mixed Mania and Bipolar Depression

Abstract

In our study, ECT was associated with a substantial reduction in symptomatology, in both patients with mixed mania and those with bipolar depression. However, the mixed mania group exhibited a more rapid and marked response as well as a greater reduction in suicidal ideation. Response to ECT was not influenced by the presence of delusions.