ECT in the treatment of a depressed adolescent with meningomyelocele, hydrocephalus, and seizures
Mansheim, P.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 44(10): 385-386
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 6643400 Document Number: 209496
A 17-year-old boy with meningomyelocele, hydrocephalus with functioning shunt, seizures, and severe depression was treated with electroconvulsive therapy. His depression and social-scholastic behavior improved; no side effects or sequelae were seen.
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