Postpartum catatonia treated with electroconvulsive therapy: a case report.
Catatonia is a rare syndrome that occurs in mood and psychotic disorders, and general medical conditions. Postpartum depression affects 10%-15% of women within 6 months after delivery. Postpartum psychosis affects 0.1%-0.5% of women within weeks after delivery, though it can occur within hours; it carries risk for suicide and infanticide. There is limited evidence available to guide treatment. We review a case of postpartum psychosis that presented with catatonia and was resistant to medications, but responded to electroconvulsive therapy.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA. astrain@unch.unc.edu
Angela Katherine
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Strain
Samantha
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Meltzer-Brody
Elizabeth
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Bullard
Bradley N
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Gaynes
D000293:Adolescent; D002389:Catatonia / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*