Imagine That You Are a Psychiatrist Reviewing Patients Who Might

Imagine that you are a psychiatrist reviewing patients who might be candidates for electroconvulsive therapy. Based on the information presented in your textbook, for which of the following patients would electroconvulsive therapy NOT be an appropriate treatment?

A) Lucinda is elderly and cannot tolerate the side effects of antidepressant medications.
B) Carlos is severely depressed and acutely suicidal, and has a history of suicide attempts.
C) Amy has tried several different antidepressant medications over the past two years but her severe depressive episodes have not responded to any of the medications.
D) McMurphy is unruly, difficult to manage, and sometimes behaves violently in the hospital ward where he is hospitalized for antisocial personality disorder.