title: Maintenance ECT for recurrent medication-refractory mania.
abstract: Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can sometimes be the only treatment that yields extended periods of euthymia to patients with severe, treatment-resistant mania. We describe a case of a patient with recurrent and severe mania who responded acutely to ECT after failing various medication trials and could only maintain euthymia with maintenance ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. ctsao@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Carol I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Shaili
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Patty J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guedet
authors.forename: Jon A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lehrmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs