Dialysis in schizophrenia: a double-blind evaluation.
Eight chronic schizophrenia patients completed a research program consisting of ten weekly sessions of active hemodialysis and ten weekly sessions of sham dialysis in a double-blind design. Previous reports of therapeutic efficacy were not substantiated. None of the patients improved during active dialysis; four patients worsened.
D000328:Adult; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012737:Sex Factors