title: Temporary interruption of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease during outpatient electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: a novel treatment strategy.
abstract: The safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) has not been established. Cases reported had no adverse events, but DBS was withheld throughout the weeks of the ECT course. The authors report the first case of temporary interruption of DBS only during the minutes of each outpatient ECT.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, and Division of Neurotherapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ducharme
authors.forename: Alice W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Flaherty
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Seiner
authors.forename: Darin D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.forename: Oscar G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome