[Use of electroconvulsive therapy in adolescence].
Few studies report the use of ECT in adolescents. Within a period of 3 years, 9 patients aged 15 to 19 were treated by ECT in our department. Indications were acute schizophrenia, delusional depression and delusional mania, resistant to usual medication. ECT proved to be a safe treatment with good short-term outcome. Long-term outcome did not seem to be modified by treatment. These results are discussed in relation to the use of ECT in adults and adolescents reported in the literature.
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Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
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Basquin
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D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D003702:Delusions / Q000628:therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents