Electroconvulsive therapy in early adolescents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Electroconvulsive therapy is scarcely used in adolescents with diagnoses of schizophrenia, although it has been reported as an effective and safe treatment in the previous literature. We present 3 cases of early adolescent patients with schizophrenia who were treated with electroconvulsive therapy without adverse effects.
Baeza
Immaculada
I
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology Department, Hospital Clínic i Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. ibaeza@clinic.ub.es
Pons
Alexandre
A
Horga
Guillermo
G
Bernardo
Miquel
M
Lázaro
Maria Luisa
ML
Castro-Fornieles
Josefina
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002389:Catatonia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology