Anderson Naomi Mifflen, Gadit Amin
Psychiatry Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada.
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jun 21;2012:bcr0320126056. doi: 10.1136/bcr.03.2012.6056.
A 49-year-old female presented for admission with features of being withdrawn, inability to comprehend questions, auditory hallucinations and disorganised thoughts. She also had a previous diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy. She did not respond well to psychotropic medications. During her sleep deprived EEG, she had a brief episode of seizures. Following this, she showed improvement in psychosis for a day or so. Based on this finding, it was decided to initiate a course of electroconvulsive therapy. She improved remarkably on six treatments. At the time of discharge, she was in a stable condition.
一名49岁女性因表现出孤僻、无法理解问题、幻听和思维紊乱等症状入院。她之前还被诊断患有颞叶癫痫。她对精神药物反应不佳。在她睡眠剥夺脑电图检查期间,出现了短暂的癫痫发作。此后,她的精神病症状在一天左右有所改善。基于这一发现,决定开始进行一个疗程的电休克治疗。经过六次治疗后,她有了显著改善。出院时,她病情稳定。