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BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 123 - 124, 01.10.2021

Erhan Kavakbası Goktug Mert Cıftcı Bernhard T. Baune

Abstract

Aims: We aim to present a patient who was suffering from treatment-resistant depression along with psychotic features and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and was treated by bilateral electroconvulsive therapy. Case Report: A 58-year-old female patient was transferred to the University Hospital Münster with the diagnosis of treatment-refractory depression with psychotic features and post-traumatic stress disorder. The patient was non-responsive to unilateral electroconvulsive therapy and multiple antidepressant agents during several inpatient treatments. After initiating bilateral electroconvulsive therapy, the patient’s symptoms improved significantly. Conclusion: After ruling out conventional treatment algorithms for psychotic depression comorbid to post-traumatic stress disorder, physicians can consider bilateral electroconvulsive therapy to treat complicated cases.

Keywords

Stress disorders post-traumatic electroconvulsive therapy depressive disorder

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Primary Language English
Subjects Clinical Sciences
Journal Section Case Report
Authors

Erhan Kavakbası This is me 0000-0002-4261-7450

Goktug Mert Cıftcı This is me 0000-0003-2364-6317

Bernhard T. Baune This is me 0000-0001-6548-426X

Publication Date October 1, 2021
Submission Date August 10, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 8 Issue: 3

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APA Kavakbası, E., Cıftcı, G. M., & Baune, B. T. (2021). BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION. Turkish Medical Student Journal, 8(3), 123-124.
AMA Kavakbası E, Cıftcı GM, Baune BT. BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION. TMSJ. October 2021;8(3):123-124.
Chicago Kavakbası, Erhan, Goktug Mert Cıftcı, and Bernhard T. Baune. “BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION”. Turkish Medical Student Journal 8, no. 3 (October 2021): 123-24.
EndNote Kavakbası E, Cıftcı GM, Baune BT (October 1, 2021) BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION. Turkish Medical Student Journal 8 3 123–124.
IEEE E. Kavakbası, G. M. Cıftcı, and B. T. Baune, “BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION”, TMSJ, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 123–124, 2021.
ISNAD Kavakbası, Erhan et al. “BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION”. Turkish Medical Student Journal 8/3 (October 2021), 123-124.
JAMA Kavakbası E, Cıftcı GM, Baune BT. BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION. TMSJ. 2021;8:123–124.
MLA Kavakbası, Erhan et al. “BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION”. Turkish Medical Student Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, 2021, pp. 123-4.
Vancouver Kavakbası E, Cıftcı GM, Baune BT. BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER COMORBID TO DEPRESSION. TMSJ. 2021;8(3):123-4.
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