Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Autism
| Autor: | Marco A. Grados, Sa Eun Park, Lee E. Wachtel, Sanjay Kaji |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Psychotherapist
Adolescent Catatonia medicine.medical_treatment Stigma (botany) Delayed diagnosis behavioral disciplines and activities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Electroconvulsive therapy 030225 pediatrics mental disorders Neuroplasticity medicine Humans Lack of knowledge Autistic Disorder Electroconvulsive Therapy business.industry medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Autism Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America. 29(3) |
| ISSN: | 1558-0490 |
| Popis: | The mechanism of action of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is not fully elucidated, with prevailing theories ranging from neuroendocrinological to neuroplasticity effects of ECT or epileptiform brain plasticity. Youth with autism can present with catatonia. ECT is a treatment that can safely and rapidly resolve catatonia in autism and should be considered promptly. The literature available for ECT use in youth with autism is consistently growing. Under-recognition of the catatonic syndrome and delayed diagnosis and implementation of the anticatatonic treatment paradigms, including ECT, as well as stigma and lack of knowledge of ECT remain clinical stumbling blocks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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