The Journal of nervous and mental disease
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J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. · Jan 1986
Case ReportsTreatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome with electroconvulsive therapy.
A case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome unresponsive to supportive medical therapy was successfully treated by electroconvulsive therapy. Electroconvulsive therapy may offer a safe and rapidly effective intervention in cases of neuroleptic malignant syndrome complicated by high fever and severe muscular rigidity which do not improve with supportive care.