title: Combined clozapine and electroconvulsive therapy in a Japanese schizophrenia patient: a case report.
abstract: Clozapine is well-known for successful use in schizophrenic patients treatment resistant to other antipsychotics. However, even with clozapine, 25% of schizophrenic patients are not in remission. Recently, as adjunctive treatment with clozapine, electroconvulsive therapy has been reported to be an effective and safe adjunctive treatment. We report a Japanese schizophrenic woman who was not in remission with clozapine alone but with both clozapine and electroconvulsive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.affiliation: Department of Postgraduate Clinical Training Center, Ehime University Hospital, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawasoe
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shu-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
keywords: Clozapine; Electroconvulsive therapy; Lithium; Schizophrenia