Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2010 May 30;34(4):581-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.03.012. Epub 2010 Mar 16.
The usage of electroconvulsive therapy for the acute resolution of catatonia in autistic children and adults is a novel area that has received increased attention over the past few years. Reported length of the acute ECT course varies among these patients, and there is no current literature on maintenance ECT in autism. The maintenance ECT courses of three patients with autism who developed catatonia are presented. Clinical, research, legal, and administrative implications for ECT treatment in this special population are discussed.
电抽搐治疗在自闭症儿童和成人中的应用是一个新颖的领域，近年来受到了越来越多的关注。这些患者的急性电抽搐治疗疗程长短不一，目前尚无自闭症患者维持性电抽搐治疗的文献。本文介绍了 3 例自闭症患者出现紧张症后接受电抽搐治疗的维持性疗程。本文还讨论了电抽搐治疗在这一特殊人群中的临床、研究、法律和管理意义。
