The successful use of right unilateral ultra-brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy in an adolescent with catatonia
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.
Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
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