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Thanks, Jim. The effects of ECT on motor symptoms of PD are
under-researched, to say the least.

Kennedy and colleagues, in a 2003 review of the literature, state:

"Considerable evidence indicates that ECT improves motor symptoms of
Parkinson's disease in patients with and without mood disorders."

However, they find only one randomized, controlled trial in the literature
and urge further exploration by psychiatrists and neurologists working
together.

Reference: Kennedy R, Mittal D, and O’Jile J. Electroconvulsive therapy in
movement disorders: an update. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Newurosci 2003;
15:407-421.)
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2009/8/6 Jim Slattery <[log in to unmask]>

> On the National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health
> website
> (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez), out of 2,550 papers on
> Parkinson's
> Disease, there are 111 papers mentioning ECT (Electro--Convulsive Therapy)
> and
> PD together; almost all concern the treatment of depression in PD, using
> ECT. I
> could find no substantive study of ECT used for the treatment of PD, per
> se.
> I note that the patient mentioned was regarded as suicidal, and therefore
> probably clinically depressed.
> Dr James F. Slattery PhD Soc Sc
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