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Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

L. Mallol Castaño ,
P. Del Sol Calderón  and
R. Paricio Del Castillo
L. Mallol Castaño*
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Psiquiatría Infanto-juvenil, Madrid, Spain
P. Del Sol Calderón
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Psiquiatría Infanto-juvenil, Madrid, Spain
R. Paricio Del Castillo
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Psiquiatría Infanto-juvenil, Madrid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Electroconvulsive therapy is a proven treatment for mood and psychotic disorders in adult patients. It is estimated that in children and adolescents this type of therapy is underutilised despite the fact that the most recent studies have supported the success of ECT in these patients. A case is described of a 15-year-old male patient diagnosed with psychotic disorder who was previously treated with several antipsychotics, including clozapine, and finally treated with electroconvulsive therapy.

Objectives

Review of the clinical indications of electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents with psychotic or mood disorders through a clinical case of a patient admitted to a Psychiatric Short Stay Unit

Methods

Detailed psychopathological description of the case as well as the treatments used (psychotropic drugs and electroconvulsive therapy).

Results

After the administration of electroconvulsive therapy, an improvement in both positive and negative psychotic symptomatology was observed, with a decrease in soliloquies and an improvement in affective flattening.

Conclusions

Electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment in adolescent patients with psychotic and mood disorders, which should be considered as indicated as an effective treatment.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Electroconvulsive therapyPSYCHOTIC DISORDERSmood disorderschildren and adolescentes
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S434 - S435
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