Treatment of catatonia in Parkinson & #39;s disease with electroconvulsive therapy

Vinutha Ramesh, Ashish Sharma, Veenita Sharma, Aditya SomaniAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2019 22(4):501-503 Parkinson's disease (PD) is known to have associated nonmotor manifestations including psychiatric symptoms such as depression and psychosis. Catatonia has been reported extremely rarely in patients of PD. The case described here is a rare example of catatonia in a patient with PD with psychosis. Treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) brought improvement in symptoms of both PD and catatonia. ECT appears to be an effective treatment option in patients of PD, especially with psychiatric manifestations.
Source: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research