Open AccessEvaluation of the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of psychosis in a patient with epilepsy. Clinical case
Author(s) -
Т. В. Докукина,
Ф. П. Хлебоказов,
I. I. Khvostova,
N. N. Misyuk,
K. A. Bondar,
P. Korolevich,
E.L. Slobina,
I. S. Glavinskiy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
èpilepsiâ i paroksizmalʹnye sostoâniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2311-4088
pISSN - 2077-8333
DOI - 10.17749/2077-8333/epi.par.con.2021.084
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , psychosis , epilepsy , catatonia , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
The results of successful treatment of schizophrenic psychosis with persistent catatonic symptoms, refusal to eat in a patient with epilepsy are presented. In view of the progressive course of the disease, the lack of dynamics from the ongoing drug treatment, the method of electroconvulsive therapy was applied. Epileptic seizures and visual signs of brain epileptization were absent with the development of psychosis. As a result of the course of electroconvulsive therapy (9 procedures), the patient's clinical condition improved significantly. This observation illustrates the possibility of using electroconvulsive therapy in combination with antipsychotics and antiepileptic drugs as an alternative method for treating drug-resistant epilepsy.