Wasiq Saad, Khan Ahmad R, Faquih Amber E, Saeed Hina, Mahmood Hafsa
Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences, Islamabad, PAK.
Psychiatry, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, USA.
Cureus. 2018 Aug 27;10(8):e3211. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3211.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) becomes difficult to treat when the patient has a comorbid personality disorder. For such patients, even a combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy has been ineffective. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been the first line of therapy for the treatment-resistant depression. We used this mode of therapy for a patient who had MDD along with borderline personality disorder and had failed trials of multiple medications and psychotherapy. ECT was very successful in our patient.