ECT Technique, Cognitive Effects, Schizophrenia-New Review
Out on PubMed, from Mustafa Cicek, a Turkish psychiatrist working in Switzerland, and colleagues, is this review: Is There Evidence That Stimulus Parameters and Electrode Placement Affect the Cognitive Side Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder?: A Systematic Review. Cicek M, McCall WV, Yao Z, Sackeim HA, Rosenquist P, Youssef NA. J ECT. 2020 Dec 22;Publish Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000737. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33369995 The abstract is copied below: Seventy percent of patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia do not respond to clozapine. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can potentially offer significant benefit in clozapine-resistant patients. However, cognitive side effects can occur with ECT and are a function of stimulus parameters and electrode placements. Thus, the objective of this article is to systematically review published clinical trials related to the effect of ECT stimulus parameters