title: Diminished ECT response in catatonia due to chronic neurologic condition.
abstract: A series of four clinical cases suggests that catatonic disorder due to a chronic neurologic condition does not respond as reliably to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as functional catatonia does. Cases reported in the medical literature show a similar pattern. Presumably this form of catatonia is intrinsically less responsive to ECT, although the possibility remains that a more intense quality of treatment and prophylaxis is needed. Conversely, catatonia resistant to ECT suggests an underlying medical condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9642, USA. ectdoc@pol.net
authors.forename: Conrad M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Anjum
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bashir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002389:Catatonia / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*