Use of ECT to Treat Bipolar Depression in a Mental Retardate with Cerebral Palsy.
We report the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment of a bipolar episode in a mildly retarded young man with cerebral palsy. Difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders in the retarded are discussed.
Guze
Barry H.
BH
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Weinman
Bill
B
Diamond
Robert P.
RP