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Case Reports
. 1995 Mar;34(3):332-5.
doi: 10.1097/00004583-199503000-00019.

Case study: ECT treatment of a young girl with catatonia

B C Cizadlo  1 , A Wheaton
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Case study: ECT treatment of a young girl with catatonia

B C Cizadlo et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995 Mar.

Abstract

This article reports a case of major depression with catatonic symptoms which occurred in an 8 1/2-year-old girl. While taking oral antidepressants, her symptoms worsened markedly, and significant physical morbidity appeared imminent. Electroconvulsive therapy was successful in treating the patient's catatonic and mood symptoms, with no observable deleterious effects. Review of the English-language literature reveals no younger patients ever reported to have presented with such severe catatonia or to have been treated with electroconvulsive therapy.

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  • ECT and prepubertal children.
    Fink M, Carlson GA. Fink M, et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995 Oct;34(10):1256-7. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199510000-00003. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995. PMID: 7592257 No abstract available.
  • ECT and prepubertal children.
    Miller JP 3rd. Miller JP 3rd. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995 Oct;34(10):1257-8. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199510000-00004. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995. PMID: 7592258 No abstract available.
  • Ethics of ECT for children.
    Rudnick A. Rudnick A. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2001 Apr;40(4):387-8. doi: 10.1097/00004583-200104000-00001. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2001. PMID: 11314559 No abstract available.

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