Safety of modified electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the third trimester of pregnancy
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used an effective treatment in the management of psychiatric disorders in pregnancy. Reports of ECT use in all trimesters of pregnancy are available in literature. When used judiciously with fetal monitoring it is a safe and effective treatment for psychiatric disorders in pregnancy. We report here a case of paranoid schizophrenia that successfully recovered with ECT and antipsychotic medication use during the third trimester of pregnancy.
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