[Use of intravascular laser irradiation of blood in the treatment of drug-resistant forms of schizophrenia].

Overall 62 schizophrenic patients resistant to all forms of treatment were examined for the clinical efficacy of the treatment method on the basis of intravascular laser blood irradiation. A detailed description of the method, equipment, optimal doses, and the degree of effect in different psychopathological syndromes are provided. The best results were obtained in cases where the depressive paranoid symptomatology was predominant. The authors give recommendations for practical use of laser therapy under the conditions of the psychiatric hospital, discuss its action mechanism.