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JOURNAL OF ECT
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 70-73Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181a744ec
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ECT; autism; depression; catatonia; self-injury
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We report the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy in a 19-year-old man with autism and mild mental retardation who developed severe depression with repeated suicide attempts, multiple symptoms of catatonia, and life-threatening repetitive self-injurious behaviors. After 3 years of failed psychotropic and behavioral interventions in inpatient settings, the patient demonstrated excellent remission of symptoms with bilateral electroconvulsive therapy.
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