The Effects of Continuation-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy on Reducing Hospital Re-Admissions in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia
Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
; : 339-342, 2018.
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OBJECTIVE: Continuation-maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (C/M-ECT) is used to prevent relapse or recurrence in patients with severe mental illnesses. We aimed to investigate the effect of C/M-ECT on reducing hospital re-admissions in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. METHODS: We applied a mirror-image design by retrospectively examining re-hospitalization rates of 18 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. We compared the numbers of psychiatric admissions during the actual period over which C/M-ECT was administered with the same period prior to the beginning of C/M-ECT. RESULTS: The number of psychiatric admissions was reduced significantly during C/M-ECT (0.33±0.77) compared with that of the same period prior to C/M-ECT (2.67±1.33) (Wilcoxon signed rank Z=−3.663; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: This finding shows that C/M-ECT augmentation could successfully reduce the re-hospitalization rates in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
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Sujet Principal:
Récidive
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Schizophrénie
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Études rétrospectives
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Électroconvulsivothérapie
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Hospitalisation
Type d'étude:
Observational_studies
Limites du sujet:
Humans
langue:
En
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Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
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2018
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Article