Chronic facial pain together with severe depression is responsive to electroconvulsive therapy. A case report.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is widely accepted as a treatment for severe depression, but is seldom used in the treatment of chronic pain even though chronic pain and depression frequently occur together. This study presents a case in which ECT relieved both severe depression and chronic pain. It seems that the recognition of depressive disorders merits more attention and that ECT as a treatment for chronic pain in patients with severe depression should be taken into consideration in cases in which other treatments have failed.
Hampf
G
G
Facial Pain Clinic, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Kuoppasalmi
K
K
Henriksson
M
M
Achté
K
K
D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged
D000639:Amitriptyline; D002998:Clonazepam; D008691:Methadone