ECT shows promise in enhancing clinical outcomes for severely ill adolescent psychiatric patients, suggesting earlier intervention might be beneficial.
ECT appears to be a safe and feasible intervention in child and adolescent psychiatry, associated with improvements in clinical outcomes within the context of concurrent pharmacotherapy. These findings support consideration of ECT earlier in the treatment trajectory for carefully selected, severely ill patients.
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