Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000076
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Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia

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“…Depressed women treated with ECT have a full or partial response to treatment in 84% of cases, and for schizophrenic women this rate is 61%. These results are similar to response rates in non-pregnant samples of depressed and schizophrenic women [61][62][63]. In addition, ECT acts more quickly than pharmacotherapy such as antidepressants [64].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Depressed women treated with ECT have a full or partial response to treatment in 84% of cases, and for schizophrenic women this rate is 61%. These results are similar to response rates in non-pregnant samples of depressed and schizophrenic women [61][62][63]. In addition, ECT acts more quickly than pharmacotherapy such as antidepressants [64].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…17 Similarly, a recent survey from 45 Asian countries showed that schizophrenia was the commonest indication for ECT. 21 A Cochrane review 22 revealed that there is a role for use of ECT combined with antipsychotics in schizophrenia when rapid response is needed or in treatment-resistant patients. However, ECT guidelines in the western hemisphere rarely support the use of ECT in schizophrenia 23,24 It is unclear if ECT should be indicated in schizophrenia from the research evidence available at present.…”
Section: Comparison Of Results To Available Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unfortunately, there are no studies that compare ECT with (either conventional or atypical) antipsychotic drugs in TRS patients; only case reports and case series are present in literature [31,[33][34][35][36][37].…”
Section: Previous Studies On the Efficacy Of Ectmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, others have noted that there has been no evidence to clearly refute the use of ECT for patients with schizophrenia. There is some limited evidence to support its use, particularly combined with antipsychotic drugs, in schizophrenic patients who show limited response to medication alone [31]. Recently, the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published their opposite opinion [32] that the current state of evidence did not allow the general use of ECT in the management of schizophrenia (Table 3).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%