Successful use of electroconvulsive therapy in 2 cases of persistent sexual arousal syndrome and bipolar disorder.
We present 2 patients with bipolar disorder and persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS). Because they were refractory to several trials of antidepressants and mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was prescribed. They underwent a course of ECT with remission of both their depressive and their PSAS symptoms. They have remained on maintenance ECT with good results. Although the etiology of PSAS is unknown and its relationship to bipolar disorder is unclear, the successful resolution of PSAS with ECT is of clinical and theoretical interest.
Yero
Sergio A
SA
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
McKinney
Tara
T
Petrides
Georgios
G
Goldstein
Irwin
I
Kellner
Charles H
CH
D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome