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Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression and Cotard’s Syndrome in a Patient with Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia

Authors :
Toshiyuki Kobayashi
Koju Inoue
Katsutoshi Shioda
Satoshi Kato
Source :
Case Reports in Psychiatry, Vol 2012 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Hindawi Limited, 2012.

Abstract

In the field of psychogeriatrics, the differential diagnosis of depression and dementia, as well as the treatment of depression and comorbid dementia, is an important issue. In this paper, the authors present the case of a 72-year-old woman with Cotard’s syndrome and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital with delusions of negation accompanied by depressive symptoms. Pharmacotherapy over a 2-year hospitalization was unsuccessful, and she was subsequently transferred to our university hospital. A total of 18 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy released her from psychomotor inhibition, appetite loss, and Cotard’s delusions. The indication for electroconvulsive therapy in patients with dementia is discussed.

Subjects

Subjects :
Psychiatry
RC435-571

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2090682X and 20906838
Volume :
2012
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Case Reports in Psychiatry
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0af7dd6a18ed4def9f78e54485c22071
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/627460