DISAPPEARANCE OF PAINFUL PHANTOM LIMBS AFTER ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT
J. E. PISETSKY M. C., A. U. S.1
1 Veterans Administration Facility, Roseburg, Oregon
A 55-year-old male with an involutional psychosis precipitated by the traumatic loss of both legs with very painful phantom limbs was treated with electric shock. An improvement in the psychosis and a disappearance of the painful phantom limbs resulted. The mechanisms involved were discussed and relations to the causalgic state intimated.
