Electroconvulsive therapy in a twelve-year-old boy with catatonic symptoms
Abstract
Studies Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective in 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.
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i1.5724
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry Vol 4(1) June 2013 Page 20-21
© 2013 Reza Bidaki, Tahere Sadeghye, Masoud Amin, Omid Rezahosseini, published by Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
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