Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy Combined with Antipsychotic Medication in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Prospective, Open Trial

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Kwong Tang ◽  
Gabor S. Ungvari
Keyword(s):  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Antipsychotic Medication ◽  
Open Trial ◽  
Treatment Resistant

scholarly journals Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Patient with Treatment-Resistant Paranoid Schizophrenia and Comorbid Epilepsy

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beppe Micallef-Trigona ◽  
Joseph Spiteri
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Antipsychotic Medication ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Therapeutic Response ◽  
Paranoid Schizophrenia ◽  
Treatment Resistant ◽  
Maintenance Ect ◽  
Antipsychotic Drug Treatment ◽  
Atypical Antipsychotic Medication

The treatment of choice for acute schizophrenia is antipsychotic drug treatment and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and should only be considered as an option for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, where treatment with clozapine has already proven ineffective or intolerable. The use of ECT as a maintenance treatment for patients with schizophrenia and comorbid epilepsy is uncommon as scant evidence exists to support this. We describe a patient with a serious case of paranoid schizophrenia and comorbid epilepsy who had not responded to typical and atypical antipsychotic medication, but responded remarkably to acute ECT and required maintenance ECT to sustain a positive therapeutic response.

A Pilot Study of Switching Electroconvulsive Therapy for Patients With Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia or Mood Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Wei Tan ◽  
Li Keat Oon ◽  
Yun Ying Tammy Tsang ◽  
Hatta Santoso Ong ◽  
Phern Chern Tor
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mood Disorder ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Treatment Resistant

scholarly journals Electroconvulsive therapy suppresses the neurotoxic branch of the kynurenine pathway in treatment-resistant depressed patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilly Schwieler ◽  
Martin Samuelsson ◽  
Mark A. Frye ◽  
Maria Bhat ◽  
Ina Schuppe-Koistinen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Kynurenine Pathway ◽  
Treatment Resistant ◽  
Depressed Patients
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