Resolution of self-injury with phenytoin in a man with autism and intellectual disability: the role of frontal lobe seizures and catatonia

J ECT. 2013 Mar;29(1):e12-3. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31826cbd8c.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Autistic Disorder / complications
  • Autistic Disorder / psychology*
  • Catatonia / complications
  • Catatonia / drug therapy*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Frontal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Impulsive Behavior / psychology
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / psychology*
  • Male
  • Phenytoin / therapeutic use*
  • Psychomotor Agitation / psychology
  • Restraint, Physical
  • Seizures / complications
  • Seizures / drug therapy*
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / drug therapy*
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / etiology
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / psychology
  • Stereotyped Behavior
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Phenytoin