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Safety and effectiveness of combined ECT and clozapine in treatment-resistant mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M Poyurovsky  and
A Weizman
M Poyurovsky
Affiliation:
Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Haifa
A Weizman*
Affiliation:
Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Medical Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
*
*Correspondence and reprints: Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Medical Campus, Petah Tiqva 49100, Israel.
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Summary

Two cases of patients with acute mania who responded to combined electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and clozapine are described. This report further demonstrates the efficacy and safety of clozapine-ECT co-administration in schizoaffective patients.

Keywords

electroconvulsive therapymaniaclozapine
Type
Short communication
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , 1996 , pp. 319 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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