For more on ECT for catatonic symptoms, the other case report that appeared on PubMed yesterday was: Treatment of Catatonic Symptoms in a Patient With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Addison Disease: A Case Report Patrick Triplett 1 , Avi Gerstenblith , Irving M Reti , Lee Wachtel J ECT 2020 Feb 27[online ahead of print] PMID: 32108665 The pdf is here I suspect there are many more similar patients whose correct diagnosis is delayed or missed, who could benefit from ECT. My colleagues and reported a similar patient in JECT in 2009: Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy
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