Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: ECT associated musical hallucinations in an elderly patient: a case report. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Case report Open Access ECT associated musical hallucinations in an elderly patient a case report Raguraman Janakiraman 1 Keith Wildgoose2 and Kalyan Seelam1 Address Department of Psychiatry Sheffield Care Trust S5 7JT UK and 2Department of Psychiatry Doncaster Royal Infirmary DN2 5LT UK Email Raguraman Janakiraman - psychiatrist4u@ Keith Wildgoose - Kalyan Seelam - dockalyan@ Corresponding author Published 04 August 2006 Received 10 January 2006 Annals of General Psychiatry 2006 5 10 doi l744-859X-5-l 0 Accepted 04 August 2006 This article is available from http content 5 l l0 2006 Raguraman et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Electro Convulsive Therapy ECT is a medical treatment for severe mental illness in which small carefully controlled electricity is applied to the brain. This electric stimulation is done in conjunction with anesthesia and muscle relaxant medications to produce a mild generalized seizure. This is used to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders. This is most effective in the treatment of severe depression providing a rapid relief. We report and discuss an unusual presentation of a ninety three year old lady with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder Recurrent Severe with Psychotic features who experienced musical hallucinations whilst she was treated on ECT. Clinically there was an inverse relationship between the biological symptoms of depression and musical hallucination during the ECT management. Though similar reports have never been reported earlier we noticed a good association between the initiation of ECT and musical .
