Blood pressure reduction with ECT response

A group of 48 male inpatients who responded to electroconvulsive therapy for major depression showed decreases in resting blood pressure along the course of treatment. Decreases occurred in both systolic (mean ±SD=8.0±17.3 mm Hg, p=.0025) and diastolic (7.4±13.2 mm Hg, p=.00030) pressures