Case Reports
Electroconvulsive therapy in a twelve-year-old boy with catatonic symptoms
Authors:
Reza Bidaki ,
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, IR
About Reza
Ass Professor of Psychiatry
Tahere Sadeghye,
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, IR
About Tahere
Ass Professor of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry
Masoud Amin,
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, IR
Omid Rezahosseini
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, IR
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
How to Cite:
Bidaki, R., Sadeghye, T., Amin, M. and Rezahosseini, O., 2013. Electroconvulsive therapy in a twelve-year-old boy with catatonic symptoms. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 4(1), pp.20–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i1.5724
Published on
02 Jul 2013.
Peer Reviewed
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