title: Electroconvulsive therapy-induced mania: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite its controversial history, electroconvulsive therapy is generally an effective treatment with few serious side effects. One rare but troublesome side effect of electroconvulsive therapy is mania.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old Turkish woman developed mania on three separate occasions after receiving electroconvulsive therapy for severe depressive episodes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients who experience electroconvulsive therapy-related mania should be evaluated for alternative treatments when presenting with severe depression.
authors: Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Omer
authors: O
authors: Saatcioglu
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Guduk