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Achieving stable remission with maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia: A case report.

Sebastian Moeller, Neele Kalkwarf, Caroline Lücke, Diana Ortiz, Sonja Jahn, Christiane Först, Niclas Braun, Alexandra Philipsen, Helge H O Müller

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Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebastian MoellerMedical Campus University of Oldenburg, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy-University Hospital Geriatric Psychiatry ECT Unit, Karl-Jaspers-Klinik, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.
Neele Kalkwarf
Caroline Lücke
Diana Ortiz
Sonja Jahn
Christiane Först
Niclas Braun
Alexandra Philipsen
Helge H O Müller
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleUp to one third of all schizophrenic patients are classified as having treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). This subgroup faces remarkable medical and psychosocial damages, and pharmacotherapy is often limited due to nonresponse and/or side effects. Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT) might be effective in TRS. PATIENT CONCERNS: We present a case of a 26-year-old male patient with a TRS. DIAGNOSES: He received a treatment series of ECT sessions and a course of 24 M-ECTs.

interventionsThe entire treatment was tolerated without significant side effects. OUTCOMES: Moreover, the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scale (PSYRATS) scores for both positive and negative symptoms decreased and remained stable over the course of M-ECT. LESSONS: Because of the remarkable improvement in the negative and positive symptom clusters, we propose systematic examinations in the field of M-ECT in TRS patients. These studies should integrate long-term outcome and tolerance measurements, gaining insight into the optimal duration of treatment for this indication.

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AdultElectroconvulsive TherapyHumansMalePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSchizophrenia

Identifiers

PMID29310360
PMCPMC5728761
OpenAlexW2770438879

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