title: ECT for the treatment of intractable mania in two prepubertal male children.
abstract: We provide case reports of the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for intractable mania in two prepubertal male children. Both children responded well to ECT without significant complications. The report focuses in particular on the procedure and technique of doing ECT in this patient population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7160, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Courvoisie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dawkins
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nofal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D008723:Methohexital; D009467:Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents; D013390:Succinylcholine
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D009467:Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents; D008723:Methohexital; D013390:Succinylcholine