Electroconvulsive therapy in a twelve-year-old boy with catatonic symptoms
oleh: Reza Bidaki, Tahere Sadeghye, Masoud Amin, Omid Rezahosseini
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2013-07-01 |
Deskripsi
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Studies Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective in </span>the treatment of several psychiatric illnesses. Only a few studies describe the use of ECT in children and adolescents. We describe the treatment of catatonic symptoms with ECT in a twelve-year-old boy who presented with complaints of nausea, vomiting and ataxia and developed catatonic symptoms 48 hours after admission to hospital. The response to diazepam infusion was partial but recovery was complete after 12 treatments of ECT. There were no adverse effects to ECT.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">DOI : <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i1.5724">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i1.5724</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry Vol 4(1) June 2013 Page 20-21</span></span></p>