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Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia
Despite the availability of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and being one of the safest modalities of treatment, the use of ECT is still underused in patients with mental retardation with catatonia. However, the available limited literature suggests that ECT can be used safely with proper monitoring...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316310 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_112_18 |
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description | Despite the availability of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and being one of the safest modalities of treatment, the use of ECT is still underused in patients with mental retardation with catatonia. However, the available limited literature suggests that ECT can be used safely with proper monitoring and assessment, especially in those presenting with catatonia in mental retardation. We treated a 17-year-old boy who presented to us with catatonia with mental retardation with a course of 12 ECT, with which the catatonia resolved completely. Review of the literature suggests that the occurrence of catatonia is rare in mental retardation. However, ECT can be used in a rare case with precautions. |
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spelling | pubmed-82769542021-07-26 Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia Mehra, Aseem Padhy, Susanta J Pediatr Neurosci Case Reports Despite the availability of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and being one of the safest modalities of treatment, the use of ECT is still underused in patients with mental retardation with catatonia. However, the available limited literature suggests that ECT can be used safely with proper monitoring and assessment, especially in those presenting with catatonia in mental retardation. We treated a 17-year-old boy who presented to us with catatonia with mental retardation with a course of 12 ECT, with which the catatonia resolved completely. Review of the literature suggests that the occurrence of catatonia is rare in mental retardation. However, ECT can be used in a rare case with precautions. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8276954/ /pubmed/34316310 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_112_18 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Mehra, Aseem Padhy, Susanta Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia |
title | Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia |
title_full | Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia |
title_fullStr | Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia |
title_short | Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Mental Retardation and Catatonia |
title_sort | use of electroconvulsive therapy in an adolescent with mental retardation and catatonia |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316310 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_112_18 |
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