The clinical efficacy of maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with a mild mental handicap.
A 32-year-old chronically relapsing depressed male patient with a mild mental handicap had tried different forms of pharmacotherapy which were either not tolerated or failed to prevent recurrences of episodes of psychotic depression. The use of maintenance ECT as the mainstay of the therapeutic regime led to a marked consistent clinical improvement.
Puri
B K
BK
Lynebank Hospital.
Langa
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A
Coleman
R M
RM
Singh
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D000328:Adult; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004308:Dothiepin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology
D004308:Dothiepin