Lee Elizabeth Wachtel

Summary

Affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi When is electroconvulsive therapy appropriate for children and adolescents?
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 707 North Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    Med Hypotheses 76:395-9. 2011
  2. ncbi Stability of intellectual functioning during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 707 North Broadway Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 47:219-21. 2012
  3. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy for psychotropic-refractory bipolar affective disorder and severe self-injury and aggression in an 11-year-old autistic boy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 North Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 20:147-52. 2011
  4. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy for pediatric malignant catatonia with cerebellar dysgenesis
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 43:427-30. 2010
  5. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia in a boy with hydrocephalus and an arachnoid cyst
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 43:73-5. 2010
  6. ncbi Brief report: Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent
    Lee Elizabeth Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Autism 14:349-58. 2010
  7. ncbi Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in autistic catatonia: a case series review
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 34:581-7. 2010
  8. ncbi Self-injury in autism as an alternate sign of catatonia: implications for electroconvulsive therapy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 707 North Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    Med Hypotheses 75:111-4. 2010
  9. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy in a man with autism experiencing severe depression, catatonia, and self-injury
    Lee Elizabeth Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    J ECT 26:70-3. 2010
  10. ncbi ECT for self-injury in an autistic boy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:458-63. 2009

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi When is electroconvulsive therapy appropriate for children and adolescents?
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 707 North Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    Med Hypotheses 76:395-9. 2011
    ..We argue that the use of ECT in children and adolescents is appropriate for specific clinical indications, and urge removal of impediments to ECT access in this population...
  2. ncbi Stability of intellectual functioning during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 707 North Broadway Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 47:219-21. 2012
    ..This case offers further support for the safety and efficacy of maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in both pediatric and developmentally disabled populations...
  3. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy for psychotropic-refractory bipolar affective disorder and severe self-injury and aggression in an 11-year-old autistic boy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 North Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 20:147-52. 2011
    ..Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy and psychotropic interventions were then pursued...
  4. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy for pediatric malignant catatonia with cerebellar dysgenesis
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 43:427-30. 2010
    ..The case supports the safe and efficacious usage of electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia in adolescents with cerebellar and other developmental disorders. The role of the cerebellum in catatonia is also reviewed...
  5. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia in a boy with hydrocephalus and an arachnoid cyst
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 43:73-5. 2010
    ..An extensive neurologic workup related to his preexisting conditions produced negative results, and a course of electroconvulsive therapy for acute catatonia was pursued, with outstanding improvement...
  6. ncbi Brief report: Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent
    Lee Elizabeth Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Autism 14:349-58. 2010
    ..Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam were required for resolution. The case expands the occurrence of catatonia in autism into its malignant variant...
  7. ncbi Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in autistic catatonia: a case series review
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 34:581-7. 2010
    ..The maintenance ECT courses of three patients with autism who developed catatonia are presented. Clinical, research, legal, and administrative implications for ECT treatment in this special population are discussed...
  8. ncbi Self-injury in autism as an alternate sign of catatonia: implications for electroconvulsive therapy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 707 North Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    Med Hypotheses 75:111-4. 2010
    ..Further studies of the utility of ECT as an accepted treatment for catatonia are warranted in the study of self-injury in autism...
  9. ncbi Electroconvulsive therapy in a man with autism experiencing severe depression, catatonia, and self-injury
    Lee Elizabeth Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
    J ECT 26:70-3. 2010
    ..After 3 years of failed psychotropic and behavioral interventions in inpatient settings, the patient demonstrated excellent remission of symptoms with bilateral electroconvulsive therapy...
  10. ncbi ECT for self-injury in an autistic boy
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:458-63. 2009
    ..These intractable cases may be responsive to electroconvulsive therapy...
  11. ncbi ECT for catatonia in an autistic girl
    Lee E Wachtel
    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:329-33. 2008
  12. ncbi Psychopharmacology and applied behavioral analysis: tandem treatment of severe problem behaviors in intellectual disability and a case series
    Lee E Wachtel
    Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Neurobehavioral Unit, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 43:265-74. 2006
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  13. ncbi The study of pediatric catatonia supports a home of its own for catatonia in DSM-5
    Dirk Dhossche
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
    Med Hypotheses 75:558-60. 2010
    ..The creation of a separate diagnostic class for catatonia is the safest approach to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome in patients of all ages and the best approach to promote research...