Electroconvulsive Therapy and Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
An elderly female patient with major depression was found to have an asymptomatic chronic subdural hematoma. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) resulted in full remission of her depression without neurological deterioration. The use of ECT in patients with cerebral lesions is discussed.
Malek-Ahmadi
Parviz
P
Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Beceiro
Jose R.
JR
McNeil
B. Wayne
BW
Weddige
Richard L.
RL