Efficacy and Safety of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Its Prodromal Phase, and Parkinson's Disease Dementia: Eight Cases Encountered at Our Institution

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treating psychiatric symptoms and parkinsonism in patients affected by dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), its prodromal phase, and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD).