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Electroconvulsive therapy in neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism
U Goswami1, S Dutta, K Kuruvilla
1Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) Pondicherry, India.
Biological Psychiatry
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
The effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on the severity of neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism was studied in nine schizophrenic inpatients in a longitudinal triphasic design: neuroleptics-neuroleptics plus ECT-neuroleptics. The results suggest that ECT has a true antiparkinsonian potential. The role of ECT in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, especially with therapy-resistant patients complicated with on-off symptoms, is highlighted.