Acute electroconvulsive therapy in the elderly with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a literature review.

CONCLUSIONS:: Acute electroconvulsive therapy may present a valuable treatment modality for elderly patients with primary psychotic conditions who do not respond adequately to antipsychotic medications. PMID: 30920288 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30920288?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - March 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kumagaya D, Halliday G Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research

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