Temporary interruption of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease during outpatient electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: a novel treatment strategy

Simon Ducharme; Alice W Flaherty; Stephen J Seiner; Darin D Dougherty; Oscar G Morales

doi:10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp194

Temporary interruption of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease during outpatient electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: a novel treatment strategy

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Spring;23(2):194-7. doi: 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp194.

Authors

Simon Ducharme¹, Alice W Flaherty, Stephen J Seiner, Darin D Dougherty, Oscar G Morales

Affiliation

¹ McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, and Division of Neurotherapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 21677249
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp194

Abstract

The safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) has not been established. Cases reported had no adverse events, but DBS was withheld throughout the weeks of the ECT course. The authors report the first case of temporary interruption of DBS only during the minutes of each outpatient ECT.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Deep Brain Stimulation*
Depressive Disorder, Major / complications
Depressive Disorder, Major / therapy*
Electroconvulsive Therapy*
Humans
Male
Outpatients
Parkinson Disease / complications
Parkinson Disease / therapy*
Treatment Outcome