Maintenance ECT in schizophrenia: A systematic review

Heather Burrell Ward; Steven T. Szabo; Gopalkumar Rakesh

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.033

Maintenance ECT in schizophrenia: A systematic review

Heather Burrell Ward, Steven T. Szabo, Gopalkumar Rakesh

Psychiatry

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Abstract

Relapse after discontinuation of ECT is significant in patients with schizophrenia. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine use of M-ECT in schizophrenia to guide clinical decision making for relapse prevention in schizophrenia. We reviewed studies examining the role of continuation (C-ECT) and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT) in schizophrenia. Following PRISMA guidelines, we included randomized controlled trials, open label trials, retrospective chart reviews, case reports, and case series in this review. We evaluated adjunctive pharmacological regimens; ECT treatment parameters, including frequency, duration of continued treatment, electrode placement; clinical outcomes including cognitive side effects and relapse rates from included studies. Our findings suggest M-ECT could provide an effective form of relapse prevention in these patients and persistent cognitive side effects are minimal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-142
Number of pages	12
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	264
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.033
State	Published - Jun 2018

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Keywords

Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy
Relapse prevention
Schizophrenia

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