http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/cdac1abcfa05378ea136e80c6d3c3f82.pdf d32b333a93ef5527cb866bae9577794f PDF Text Text October 3, 19 83 Dorson Liss, M.D. Chairman, Special Procedures Committee Good Samaritan Hospital 2425 Samaritan Drive San Jose, California 9512!; Dear Dr. Liss, The literature on maintenance ECT is not reassuring. The principal studies in my book on ECT (Pg 207). The APA Task Force was unable to find detailed are satisfactory data to allow a recommendation, so reference to such studies was included among the research needs in the Task Force Report. This question has been asked by a number of other respondents. The best suggestion that I was able to make reflected the present practice on my service at University Hospital. About half our effectively ill patients who respond to a course of ECT are discharged on maintenance drug therapy, usually imipramine, less often lithium or phenelzine. When such patients relapse, and recover in a second course of ECT, we then consider discharge on maintenance ECT, initially recommending weekly treatments for 2 to 4 weeks, then bi-weekly for a month. We have not treated a patient beyond 6 treatments as an out-patient, always trying a second course of a maintenance drug trial. I am not satisfied with this experience, and did propose a study which was not approved by granting agencies. would be grateful for a copy of your recommendations when these are adopted at your hospital. I Thank you for your inquiry. Sincerely yours, Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Liss, Dorson Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-030-4-093 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence