Does catatonic schizophrenia improve faster with electroconvulsive therapy than other subtypes of schizophrenia?

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 3, 2009, Pages 772-777

  Thirthalli, Jagadisha ^a   Phutane, Vivek H ^a   Muralidharan, Kesavan ^a   Naveen Kumar, Channaveerachari ^a   Munishwar, Bharat ^a   Baspure, Prashant ^a   Gangadhar, Bangalore N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEBEPHRENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949522466     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970902718782     Document Type: Article

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