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Dysarthria During ECT Given for Parkinson's Disease and Depression
Jacob C. Holzer1, William J. Giakas, Carolyn M. Mazure
1Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut, and Behavioral Neurology Unit, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Convulsive Therapy
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A patient with recurrent major depression, parkinsonism, and pseudobulbar symptoms underwent a course of electroconvulsive therapy. Although his depression and parkinsonian symptoms markedly improved, his dysarthria worsened, resulting in cessation of further treatments. Possible mechanisms are explored.