Electroconvulsive therapy for Patients with Intellectual Disability. When and how?

Introduction Intelectual disability is an illness with an important burden on patients and caregivers, especially when severe and when comorbidities such as other psychiatric disorders are present. There are case reports of treatment resistant self-aggression, agitation, epilepsy, catatonia and psy...

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Main Authors: F. Azevedo, R. André, I. Donas-Boto, D. Jeremias, C. Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-06-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822019137/type/journal_article