Electroconvulsive Therapy and Mental Retardation
作者:
Madhavan Thuppal,
Max Fink,
期刊:
The Journal of ECT
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 2
页码: 140-149
ISSN:1095-0680
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: Electroconvulsive therapy;Mental retardation
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Reports on use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in persons with mental retardation (MR) and mental illness are meager. We describe the successful use of ECT in the management of medication-resistant mental illness in persons with mental retardation. Details of the treatment of five patients with MR and psychotic disorders are reported. ECT was successful after the failure of adequate trials of traditional pharmacotherapy. Persons with MR did not have disproportionate adverse effects of ECT as a consequence of the MR. Four of the five cases reported received maintenance ECT. ECT should be considered in the affective and psychotic disorders occurring in persons with MR when traditional pharmacotherapy fails.
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