Successful electroconvulsive treatment of depression associated with a marked reduction in the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.
This report describes improvement of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in a patient who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression. The patient, an elderly Asian male, was treated for major depression with ECT and showed a rapid improvement of TD that may have been caused by any number of drugs or combination of drugs. We discuss the possibility of improving TD by treating the depression with ECT.
Nobuhara
Kenji
K
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan. nobuhara@takii.kmu.ac.jp
Matsuda
Satomi
S
Okugawa
Gaku
G
Tamagaki
Chiharu
C
Kinoshita
Toshihiko
T
D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000928:Antidepressive Agents