Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie 2013-01-01

A case of catatonia in a 14-year-old girl with schizophrenia treated with electroconvulsive therapy.

Frank Häßler, Olaf Reis, Steffen Weirich, Jacqueline Höppner, Birgit Pohl, Johannes Buchmann

Index: Z. Kinder. Jugendpsychiatr. Psychother. 41(1) , 69-74, (2013)

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Abstract

This article presents a case of a 14-year-old female twin with schizophrenia who developed severe catatonia following treatment with olanzapine. Under a combined treatment with amantadine, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and (currently) ziprasidone alone she improved markedly. Severity and course of catatonia including treatment response were evaluated with the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS). This case report emphasizes the benefit of ECT in the treatment of catatonic symptoms in an adolescent patient with schizophrenic illness.