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Electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2010

Samantha Loi  and
Richard Bonwick
Samantha Loi*
Affiliation:
St Georges Hospital, Normanby House, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Richard Bonwick
Affiliation:
St Georges Hospital, Normanby House, Kew, Victoria, Australia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Dr Samantha Loi, St Georges Hospital, Normanby House, 283 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 3101. Phone: +613 9816 0478; Fax: +613 9816 0476. Email: sloi3@yahoo.com.
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Abstract

An 81-year-old female with no previous psychiatric history presented with late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder following an acute right macular hemorrhage and loss of vision. Following a thorough organic screen to exclude a physical cause, various high doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were tried with no therapeutic benefit. The patient had significant remission of her symptoms following a course of electroconvulsive therapy.

Keywords

ECTlate-onset OCD
Type
Case Report
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , August 2010 , pp. 830 - 831
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2010

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