Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia

Optimal Treatment of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) in Patients with Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia (CRS)

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Optimal Treatment of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) in Patients with Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia (CRS)

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Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture and Electroconvulsive Therapy as Additional Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Controlled Study

“…These results clearly indicate that additional ECT can augment and accelerate antipsychotic response. This finding is highly consistent with a meta-analysis conclusion that a combination of ECT with antipsychotics could produce rapid global improvement and reduction of symptoms (Tharyan and Adams, 2005). Nevertheless, unlike previous studies in which ECT was generally used as a last option to treat refractory schizophrenia (Grover et al, 2018), in the present study, ECT was introduced immediately to antipsychotic regimens when patients were hospitalized.…”

Clozapine and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a 35-year-old patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and chronic imperative auditory hallucinations

“…augmentation of clozapine (600 mg/day) with M-ECT sessions provided every three weeks for over a year, turned out to be effective: a significant improvement of the patient's clinical status was achieved, including reduction of her psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations), as well as remission of self-destructive and suicidal behaviors. The treatment outcome is consistent with data reported in the literature [4,6,21]. No cognitive impairments were found on the MMSE used for the assessment purposes, as suggested by many authors [31,34].…”

Optimal Treatment of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) in Patients with Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia (CRS)

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Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture and Electroconvulsive Therapy as Additional Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Controlled Study

“…These results clearly indicate that additional ECT can augment and accelerate antipsychotic response. This finding is highly consistent with a meta-analysis conclusion that a combination of ECT with antipsychotics could produce rapid global improvement and reduction of symptoms (Tharyan and Adams, 2005). Nevertheless, unlike previous studies in which ECT was generally used as a last option to treat refractory schizophrenia (Grover et al, 2018), in the present study, ECT was introduced immediately to antipsychotic regimens when patients were hospitalized.…”

Clozapine and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a 35-year-old patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and chronic imperative auditory hallucinations

“…augmentation of clozapine (600 mg/day) with M-ECT sessions provided every three weeks for over a year, turned out to be effective: a significant improvement of the patient's clinical status was achieved, including reduction of her psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations), as well as remission of self-destructive and suicidal behaviors. The treatment outcome is consistent with data reported in the literature [4,6,21]. No cognitive impairments were found on the MMSE used for the assessment purposes, as suggested by many authors [31,34].…”

Optimal Treatment of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) in Patients with Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia (CRS)

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Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture and Electroconvulsive Therapy as Additional Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Controlled Study

“…These results clearly indicate that additional ECT can augment and accelerate antipsychotic response. This finding is highly consistent with a meta-analysis conclusion that a combination of ECT with antipsychotics could produce rapid global improvement and reduction of symptoms (Tharyan and Adams, 2005). Nevertheless, unlike previous studies in which ECT was generally used as a last option to treat refractory schizophrenia (Grover et al, 2018), in the present study, ECT was introduced immediately to antipsychotic regimens when patients were hospitalized.…”

Clozapine and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a 35-year-old patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and chronic imperative auditory hallucinations

“…augmentation of clozapine (600 mg/day) with M-ECT sessions provided every three weeks for over a year, turned out to be effective: a significant improvement of the patient's clinical status was achieved, including reduction of her psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations), as well as remission of self-destructive and suicidal behaviors. The treatment outcome is consistent with data reported in the literature [4,6,21]. No cognitive impairments were found on the MMSE used for the assessment purposes, as suggested by many authors [31,34].…”