A five-year study will investigate the use of ECT to treat sever agitation and aggression in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Louis Nykamp, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at MSU College of Human Medicine, will be serving as the Pine Rest principal investigator for this study.
“It is wonderful to have this grant from the National Institute on Aging. We have been interested in the use of ECT for the treatment of advanced dementia for many years and have been offering this treatment to patients and families for a long time,” says Eric Achtyes, MD, MS, DFAPA, staff psychiatrist, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, and associate professor and chair of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine's Department of Psychiatry West.
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