title: ECT administration to a hyperthyroid patient.
abstract: There are few reported convincing cases of hyperthyroid depressed patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We describe a depressed 66-year-old woman with catatonic depression diagnosed with new-onset hyperthyroidism due to Grave's disease. After commencing propylthiouracil, her Grave's disease was partially treated, but her depression was no better. She subsequently received a course of seven ECT with resolution of her depression and no adverse sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem 27157, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: McCall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002389:Catatonia / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D011441:Propylthiouracil