Electroconvulsive treatment for a patient with psychotic depression and inclusion body myositis.
A patient with inclusion body myositis (IBM) and psychotic depression required inpatient psychiatric care. The patient's mental and physical health continued to deteriorate despite maximal treatment with medication. After careful consideration and psychiatric, neurological, and anesthetic review, electroconvulsive therapy was initiated. We present, what is to our knowledge, the first documented case of a patient with inclusion body myositis requiring a course of electroconvulsive therapy for psychotic depression.
Ntatsaki
Eleana
E
Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Redwald Unit, St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich, UK. ntatsakie@doctors.org.uk
D'Mello
Oswald
O
Lewis
Julia
J
Underwood
Benjamin R
BR
Smith
Myles
M
Head
Laura
L
D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018979:Myositis, Inclusion Body / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015742:Propofol
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol