BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 51-53, January 2010

The successful use of right unilateral ultra-brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy in an adolescent with catatonia

Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

Received 21 April 2009; received in revised form 15 July 2009; accepted 16 July 2009. published online 12 August 2009.

Right unilateral ultra-brief electroconvulsive therapy (RUL UB ECT) has been shown to be efficacious with minimal cognitive adverse effects in adult patients with major depression. We present the case of a 14-year-old girl with major depressive disorder with catatonic and psychotic features whose symptoms remitted after 12 treatments of RUL UB ECT.

Keywords: electroconvulsive, ultra-brief, adolescence, catatonia, depression

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PII: S1935-861X(09)00079-5

doi:10.1016/j.brs.2009.07.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 51-53, January 2010

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