How do you approach tapering electroconvulsive therapy after an acute treatment course leading to successful resolution of symptoms for treatment-resistant depression?
Answer from: at Community Practice
The acute series is three days a week or 12 treatments. If clients reach state of full remission before the 12 treatments in the acute series then the recommendation is to start gradual dose reduction by doing twice a week times one week, if there is ongoing remission, then reduce to once a week, bi...