Combined Clozapine and Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Japanese Schizophrenia Patient: A Case Report.
- Author:
Yuta YOSHINO
1
;
Yuki OZAKI
;
Koichiro KAWASOE
;
Shinichiro OCHI
;
Takanori NIIYA
;
Naomi SONOBE
;
Teruhisa MATSUMOTO
;
Shu Ichi UENO
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Japan. whisperoftheheart2@yahoo.co.jp
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Schizophrenia;
Clozapine;
Electroconvulsive therapy;
Lithium
- MeSH:
Antipsychotic Agents;
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*;
Clozapine*;
Electroconvulsive Therapy*;
Female;
Humans;
Lithium;
Schizophrenia*
- From:Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
2014;12(2):160-162
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
