Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Depressive Patient with Comorbid Parkinson Disease

Parkinson’s disease can be defined as a neurophsiciatric disease which is basicly a dismotilite disease, often with affective cognitive and phsycotic disorder. Depression is the most frequent psychiatric disorder in patients with Parkinson’s disease.There are several possible appro...

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Main Authors: Elif Topbas, Meliha Zengin Eroglu, Sonay Zabun, Tufan Gunes, Mecit Caliskan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cukurova University 2014-02-01
Series:Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=39097
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Summary:Parkinson’s disease can be defined as a neurophsiciatric disease which is basicly a dismotilite disease, often with affective cognitive and phsycotic disorder. Depression is the most frequent psychiatric disorder in patients with Parkinson’s disease.There are several possible approaches for the treatment of depression in Parkinson disease.We can use antidepresants and conitive behavioral therapy, and can be prefer to use ECT, in the condition that, the suicidal risk of elder patient groups, disorder of the phsical condition, physicomotr retardation and insufficient response to the medicine.in this article, an ECT treatment is reported, which is about a depression attact in an elderly patient who has parkinsons disease.
ISSN:0250-5150