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The use of ECT for Mania in Childhood Bipolar Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Vaughan Carr ,
Carol Dorrington ,
Geoffrey Schrader  and
Jocelyn Wale
Vaughan Carr
Affiliation:
The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
Carol Dorrington
Affiliation:
Adelaide Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006
Geoffrey Schrader
Affiliation:
The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
Jocelyn Wale
Affiliation:
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
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Summary

A case of childhood bipolar disorder, manic type, is presented in which electroconvulsive therapy was used for the acute manic episode. The pharmacological complications which led to this choice of treatment and the computerized tomography finding of ventricular enlargement, are discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 411 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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