Can ECT Improve the Motor Symptoms of a Neurological Disease? A Case of Dopa-Responsive Dystonia

Abstract

The patient’s brother, who died by suicide, was also diagnosed with DYT5b. He presented symptoms of the disorder from birth, while Ms. M was not diagnosed until adulthood because of the atypical presentation of the disease. She was examined by several neurologists over the years, but they were unable to provide the correct diagnosis. She was even hospitalized several times in a psychiatric ward with a diagnosis of conversion disorder.