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There is paucity of empirical data regarding the use of either clozapine or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the acute phase and maintenance treatment of schizophrenia in adults with intellectual disability. Herein we report the successful acute and long-term remission of psychotic symptoms and catatonia with the combination of clozapine and ECT in a 26-year-old female with moderate ID and treatment-resistant schizophrenia. To our knowledge, this is the first case example of the successful use of the combination of bilateral, standard-pulse ECT and clozapine in both acute and long-term treatment of treatment-resistant schizophrenia and catatonia in an adult with ID. Our report adds further support to the emerging evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of this combination in treatment-resistant schizophrenia., Author(s): Pushpal Desarkar [sup.1] [sup.2] , Daniel Blumberger [sup.1] [sup.2] , Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis [sup.1] [sup.2] Author Affiliations: (Aff1) 0000 0001 2157 2938, grid.17063.33, Adult Neurodevelopmental Services, Department of Psychiatry, [...]

Summary Stephan Kirby suggests that mental health professionals need a greater insight into the effects a diagnosis of serious mental illness has on family members. Leanne Bowman's account explains how [...]

keywords * models and theories * schizophrenia * autism These keywords are based on the subject headings from the British Nursing Index This article has been subject to a double-blind [...]

The intersection of Mission and Sixth streets in San Francisco's South of Market neighbourhood is considered one of the most crime-riddled in the city. Liquor shops, adult bookshops and single-resident-occupancy [...]

My grandfather, the pioneering psychiatrist Roy Grinker (1900-93), said that 'to know schizophrenia is to know psychiatry'. Indeed, psychiatry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was largely an effort [...]

Over the past 60 years research has shown that the prevalence of circulatory disorders, digestive diseases and diabetes mellitus are all significantly raised in adults with a diagnosis of schizophrenia [...]

In 1931, Gananath Sen and Kartick Chandra Bose1 reported on the use of an alkaloid extract from the Rauwolfia serpentina plant in the treatment of hypertension and "insanity with violent [...]

Dr. Rosenthal is professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and chairperson of the department of psychiatry at St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals in [...]

Abstract The efficacy and safety of risperidone long-acting injectable (RLAI) was investigated in patients in the early phases of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders (≤ 3 years). Patients who required a [...]

Perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of treating patients with schizophrenia is coping with the severe cognitive deficits that accompany the disease. These deficits are evident in nearly all [...]

With progressive deinstitutionalization, families are now the major caregivers and lifetime support systems of people with schizophrenia throughout the world (Warner, 2000). In China, over 90% of people with schizophrenia [...]

Some people hear voices that are the products only of processes in their brains. These hallucinations can lead to persistent delusions that someone is plotting against them or urging them [...]

I'm sure that I join many of you in being disappointed, but not surprised, by the findings of a recent Indiana University-Columbia University study, published in the online American Journal [...]

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has updated its guidance on treating and managing adults with schizophrenia. This replaces its guidance on the use of newer (atypical) [...]

NURSES WHO work with people with schizophrenia should use the concept of remission to help patients get their lives back on track, a nurse specialist in psychosis has said. Keith [...]

But the vast majority of nurses who were questioned about the practice objected on ethical grounds and said it could have a negative impact on nurse-patient relationships. The research, published [...]