Electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder.
An 81-year-old female with no previous psychiatric history presented with late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder following an acute right macular hemorrhage and loss of vision. Following a thorough organic screen to exclude a physical cause, various high doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were tried with no therapeutic benefit. The patient had significant remission of her symptoms following a course of electroconvulsive therapy.
Loi
Samantha
S
St Georges Hospital, Normanby House, Kew, Victoria, Australia. sloi3@yahoo.com
Bonwick
Richard
R
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors