The Effects of Continuation-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy on Reducing Hospital Re-Admissions in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia.
10.9758/cpn.2018.16.3.339
- Author:
Kyung Mook CHOI
1
;
Soo Hee CHOI
;
Jung Kyung HONG
;
Mi Hyun LEE
;
Joon Hyung JUNG
;
Sang Hoon OH
;
Dong Chung JUNG
;
Sung Nyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. snkim@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Electroconvulsive therapy;
Schizophrenia;
Treatment-resistance;
Recurrence;
Hospitalization
- MeSH:
Electroconvulsive Therapy*;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Recurrence;
Retrospective Studies;
Schizophrenia*
- From:Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
2018;16(3):339-342
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: Continuation-maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (C/M-ECT) is used to prevent relapse or recurrence in patients with severe mental illnesses. We aimed to investigate the effect of C/M-ECT on reducing hospital re-admissions in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. METHODS: We applied a mirror-image design by retrospectively examining re-hospitalization rates of 18 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. We compared the numbers of psychiatric admissions during the actual period over which C/M-ECT was administered with the same period prior to the beginning of C/M-ECT. RESULTS: The number of psychiatric admissions was reduced significantly during C/M-ECT (0.33±0.77) compared with that of the same period prior to C/M-ECT (2.67±1.33) (Wilcoxon signed rank Z=−3.663; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: This finding shows that C/M-ECT augmentation could successfully reduce the re-hospitalization rates in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
