Do Antiepileptic Drugs Used During Electroconvulsive Therapy Impact Treatment Process?

The results of successful treatment of schizophrenic psychosis with persistent catatonic symptoms, refusal to eat in a patient with epilepsy are presented. In view of the progressive course of the disease, the lack of dynamics from the ongoing drug treatment, the method of electroconvulsive therapy was applied. Epileptic seizures and visual signs of brain epileptization were absent with the development of psychosis. As a result of the course of electroconvulsive therapy (9 procedures), the patient's clinical condition improved significantly. This observation illustrates the possibility of using electroconvulsive therapy in combination with antipsychotics and antiepileptic drugs as an alternative method for treating drug-resistant epilepsy.

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The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs

10.1017/cbo9781107325357 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Philip N. Patsalos ◽

Blaise F.D. Bourgeois

Keyword(s):

Antiepileptic Drugs

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Psychomotor development and minor anomolies in children exposed to antiepileptic drugs in utero: a population-based study

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ◽

10.1017/s0012162200220653 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

pp. 356-356

Author(s):

Katarina Wide ◽

Birger Winbladh ◽

Torbjörn Tomson ◽

Kerstin Sars-Zimmer ◽

Eva Berggren

Keyword(s):

Antiepileptic Drugs ◽

Population Based ◽

In Utero ◽

Psychomotor Development ◽

Population Based Study

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A Case of Catatonia in a 14-Year-Old Girl with Schizophrenia Treated with Electroconvulsive Therapy

Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie ◽

10.1024/1422-4917/a000211 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 69-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Frank Häßler ◽

Olaf Reis ◽

Steffen Weirich ◽

Jacqueline Höppner ◽

Birgit Pohl ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Treatment Response ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Combined Treatment ◽

Adolescent Patient

This article presents a case of a 14-year-old female twin with schizophrenia who developed severe catatonia following treatment with olanzapine. Under a combined treatment with amantadine, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and (currently) ziprasidone alone she improved markedly. Severity and course of catatonia including treatment response were evaluated with the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS). This case report emphasizes the benefit of ECT in the treatment of catatonic symptoms in an adolescent patient with schizophrenic illness.

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