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The Clinical Efficacy of Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Patient with a Mild Mental Handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

B. K. Puri ,
A. Langa ,
R. M. Coleman  and
I. Singh
B. K. Puri
Affiliation:
Charing Cross and Westminster Rotation
A. Langa
Affiliation:
Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities, Joint Five Lothian Higher Training Scheme, Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline KY11 4UW
R. M. Coleman
Affiliation:
Charing Cross and Westminster Rotation
I. Singh*
Affiliation:
Hillingdon and Leavesden Hospitals, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3NN
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A 32-year-old chronically relapsing depressed male patient with a mild mental handicap had tried different forms of pharmacotherapy which were either not tolerated or failed to prevent recurrences of episodes of psychotic depression. The use of maintenance ECT as the mainstay of the therapeutic regime led to a marked consistent clinical improvement.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 5 , November 1992 , pp. 707 - 709
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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