Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective form of treatment of major depressive episodes available today. In particular, ECT appears to be at least as effective in the elderly as in younger depressed patients. Although a number of special factors must be considered and modifications in technique occasionally be made, ECT is generally also a relatively safe therapeutic tool in this age group.
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