• Convulsive therapy · Dec 1997

    Case Reports

    Multiple ECT late in the course of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

    • P McKinney and C Kellner.
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
    • Convuls Ther. 1997 Dec 1; 13 (4): 269-73.

    AbstractWe report a 19-year-old woman who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) late in the course of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). She received at least two sessions with multiple ECT and had a full recovery. We suggest that multiple seizures may optimize ECT treatment in NMS.

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