EFFECTS OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE-THERAPY ON MOOD, PARKINSONISM, AND TARDIVE-DYSKINESIA IN A DEPRESSED PATIENT - ECT AND DOPAMINE SYSTEMS

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 18 (8), 865-873
Abstract
A patient suffering from delusional depression, Parkinson''s disease and tardive dyskinesia (TD) exhibited a marked improvement in mood and parkinsonian symptoms following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In contrast, her TD symptoms worsened. The inverse relation between the intensity of TD symptoms on the 1 had and the parkinsonian and depressive symptoms on the other is discussed with respect to ECT''s effect on central dopaminergic systems.