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Marked Improvement of Tardive Dystonia in a Schizophrenic Patient after Electroconvulsive Therapy
Author(s) -
YOSHIDA KEIZO,
HASEBE TAKAMI,
HIGUCHI HISASHI,
SHIMIZU TETSUO,
HISHIKAWA YASUO
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
human psychopharmacology: clinical and experimental
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.461
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1099-1077
pISSN - 0885-6222
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1077(199609)11:5<421::aid-hup798>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , dystonia , parkinsonism , medicine , tardive dyskinesia , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , disease
We report on a schizophrenic patient, in whom drug‐induced tardive dystonia and parkinsonism as well as depressive symptoms and panic attacks improved remarkably following electroconvulsive therapy. The present finding suggests that the electroconvulsive therapy reduced tardive dystonia possibly by enhancing the dopaminergic function in the brain.