ArticleEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2011
Electroconvulsive therapy for treating schizophrenia: a chart review of patients from two catchment areas.
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- Translating Molecular Psychiatry: From Biomarkers to Personalized Therapies-A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Tolerability and Clinical Outcomes With Anesthesia Dose Reduction During Electroconvulsive Therapy.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Clinical Effectiveness of Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.The journal of ECT · 2020Article
- Electroconvulsive Therapy and Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review.Molecular neuropsychiatry · 2019Review
- The Effects of Continuation-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy on Reducing Hospital Re-Admissions in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018Article
- Electroconvulsive shock attenuated microgliosis and astrogliosis in the hippocampus and ameliorated schizophrenia-like behavior of Gunn rat.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2016Article
- Factors associated with the risk of relapse in schizophrenic patients after a response to electroconvulsive therapy: a retrospective study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2015Article
- Differential diagnosis of major depression and bipolar disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2013Article
- Achievement and maintenance of the new impact factor 2010.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2011Article
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Abstract
To examine disease and treatment characteristics of patients with schizophrenia treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We examined charts from 79 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (n = 55), persistent delusional disorders (n = 7), and schizoaffective disorders (n = 17) between 2003 and 2008. We recorded age, sex, indication for ECT, number of ECT sessions, ECT series, outcome, maintenance ECT, use of antipsychotics, duration of illness, and duration of the current exacerbation. All patients were taking antipsychotics at the time of enrolment in the study. Acute ECT included 2-26 sessions; maintenance ECT (M-ECT) was given to 18 patients for up to 12 years. Initial indications for ECT included psychosis (n = 28), pronounced affective symptoms (n = 28), delirious states (n = 20), and M-ECT (n = 3). Most patients experienced excellent/good outcomes (n = 66), but others experienced moderate (n = 8) or poor (n = 5) outcomes. No factors were identified that predicted treatment responses in individual patients. ECT proved to be effective in a population of patients that were severely ill with treatment-refractory schizophrenia. This does not imply that the patients were cured from schizophrenia. Rather, it reflects the degree of relief from psychosis and disruptive behaviour, as described in the patient charts. The treatment was often offered to patients after considerable disease durations.
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