Response of major depression and Tourette's syndrome to ECT: a case report.
There have been few published reports on the use of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of Tourette's syndrome. We present a case of a woman with preexisting Tourette's syndrome, which had been latent for some years, that was exacerbated with the onset of a major depressive episode. Both the tics and the depressive symptoms completely remitted after eight sessions of electroconvulsive therapy. Possible mechanisms of this effect are discussed.
Rapoport
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Feder
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Sandor
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D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome