Electroconvulsive therapy augmentation in clozapine-resistant schizophrenia: A prospective, randomized study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-58

  Petrides, Georgios ^a   Malur, Chitra ^a   Braga, Raphael J ^a   Bailine, Samuel H ^a   Schooler, Nina R ^a   Malhotra, Anil K ^a   Kane, John M ^a   Sanghani, Sohag ^a   Goldberg, Terry E ^a   John, Majnu ^a   Mendelowitz, Alan ^a  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920158276     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13060787     Document Type: Article

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