Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment-resistant disorganized schizophrenia

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 571-573

  Shimizu, Eiji ^a   Imai, Masao ^b   Fujisaki, Mihisa ^b   Shinoda, Naoyuki ^b   Handa, Satoshi ^b   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^b   Nakazato, Michiko ^b   Hashimoto, Kenji ^b   Iyo, Masaomi ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clozapine; Electroconvulsive therapy; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PEROSPIRONE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SULTOPRIDE; ZOTEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEBEPHRENIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISORGANIZED;

EID: 33846813531     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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