Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 564-567
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) In a Patient with Bipolar Affective Disorder, Corpus Callosal Dysgenesis and Multiple Co-Morbidities
Dr. Abhijith Krishna1, Dr. Joylin Jovita Mascarenhas2
1Former Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore and Current Senior Registrar, NorthWest Mental Health Services, Melbourne.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Joylin Jovita Mascarenhas
ABSTRACT
Dysgenesis of Corpus callosum is a frequent anomaly associated with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The incidence of seizures is high in these patients, which is an additional limiting factor for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Here, we present a patient with Bipolar affective Disorder, who had adverse reactions to most of the prescribed medications, multiple comorbidities and was successfully treated with ECT.
Key words: Corpus Callosal Dysgenesis, Bipolar affective disorder, Adverse reactions, ECT
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