Piper A
Department of Psychiatry, Providence Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
Ann Clin Psychiatry. 1993 Mar;5(1):13-23. doi: 10.3109/10401239309148919.
The author examines the thesis that electroconvulsive therapy is superior to tricyclic antidepressants in treating nonpsychotic major depression. Every study published in English since 1960 comparing electroconvulsive therapy against tricyclics in treating this condition was reviewed. Because of numerous methodological weaknesses in the studies, the data is inadequate to support the claim that one treatment is superior to the other.
作者考察了电休克疗法在治疗非精神病性重度抑郁症方面优于三环类抗抑郁药这一论点。对自1960年以来发表的每一项用英文撰写的比较电休克疗法与三环类药物治疗这种疾病的研究进行了综述。由于这些研究存在诸多方法学上的缺陷,数据不足以支持一种治疗方法优于另一种治疗方法的说法。