title: Maintenance therapy with electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with a codiagnosis of bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as the most commonly seen anxiety disorder accompanying the bipolar disorder, and this concomitance causes the difficulties in the therapy. Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is efficient in both manic and depressive episodes of the bipolar disorder, it is considered as a therapeutic option in cases of OCD with depression comorbidity. In this article, we aimed to present a case in which depressive episode of bipolar disorder and OCD comorbidity were present; both depressive and OCD symptoms were resolved using ECT. Symptoms of both diseases recurred after the discontinuation of ECT, and well-being sustained with maintenance ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey. frdnblbl@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Feridun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bülbül
authors.forename: Umit Sertan
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Copoglu
authors.forename: Gokay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alpak
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Mehmet Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tastan
authors.forename: Haluk Asuman
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Savas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D059020:Suicidal Ideation