Kramer B A
The University of Southern California, USC Health Care Consultation Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999 Spring;7(2):171-4.
Five female patients with chronic schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Patients were 58 to 74 years old when ECT began. Three patients followed the acute course of ECT with a course of maintenance ECT. Four patients were considered treatment-resistant to medication. One patient objected to any use of medication and opted for ECT when she became psychotic. Four patients received concurrent antipsychotic medication during and after the course of ECT. All five patients experienced improvement in their psychosis.
五名患有慢性精神分裂症和分裂情感性障碍的女性患者接受了电休克治疗(ECT)。开始接受ECT治疗时,患者年龄在58至74岁之间。三名患者遵循ECT的急性疗程并进行了维持性ECT治疗。四名患者被认为对药物治疗耐药。一名患者反对使用任何药物,在出现精神病症状时选择了ECT治疗。四名患者在ECT治疗期间及之后同时接受了抗精神病药物治疗。所有五名患者的精神病症状均有所改善。