title: Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: an alternative treatment for refractory schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders.
abstract: This retrospective chart review of a clinical cohort of 19 refractory schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients treated with maintenance electroconvulsive therapy addresses the indications for this treatment, its efficacy, and its impact on daily functioning and hospitalizations. Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy combined with medication appears to be an efficient alternative to pharmacological treatment alone.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U796, Physiopathologie des maladies psychiatriques, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté Paris Descartes, Centre hospitalier Sainte Anne, 7 Rue Cabanis, Paris, F-75014 France. maryselevyrueff@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Maryse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lévy-Rueff
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gourevitch
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lôo
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Olié
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Amado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome