Article
[A successful treatment of drug-resistant depression with electroconvulsive therapy].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 19 Sept 1998
Gieteling M, Hoekstra R, van den Broek W W, Bruijn J A
Abstract excerpt
A woman aged 56 had been treated at the age of 23 for a psychotic depression with vital characteristics in the context of a bipolar disorder. The treatment included electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). From the age of 47, she suffered relapses; drug treatment proved inadequate. For the last 3 years,...
Topics
- Adult
- Antidepressive Agents
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depressive Disorder
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lithium
- Middle Aged