ECT, emergent dyskinesia, and depression
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (6) , 808-809
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.6.808
Abstract
Three depressed patients developed a dyskinesia directly following ECT. In each case the dyskinesia improved some time after cessation of ECT. All patients had prior treatment with an antipsychotic drug and previous diagnoses of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.Keywords
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