The successful use of right unilateral ultra-brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy in an adolescent with catatonia.
Right unilateral ultra-brief electroconvulsive therapy (RUL UB ECT) has been shown to be efficacious with minimal cognitive adverse effects in adult patients with major depression. We present the case of a 14-year-old girl with major depressive disorder with catatonic and psychotic features whose symptoms remitted after 12 treatments of RUL UB ECT.
Rhoads
Jesse C
JC
Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Medical Center, 1670 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Votolato
Nicholas A
NA
Young
James L
JL
Gilchrist
Richard H
RH
D000293:Adolescent; D002389:Catatonia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male