Health Condition 1: F20- Schizophrenia Health Condition 2: F20-F29- Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Electroconvulsive Therapy: Electroconvulsive therapy is one among biological treatments for schizophrenia.
Intervention2: ELECTOCONVULSIVE THERAPY: Since its introduction in 1938, Elect
Sponsors
Dr Muhammed Irfan PP
Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a) Patients fulfilling the ICD-10 criteria for Schizophrenia who are prescribed ECT by treating psychiatrist. b) Patients going to receive a course of electroconvulsive therapy as advised by treating team. c) Patient or Nominated representative of the patient giving informed consent both for ECT and for this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a) Substance use disorder in dependence pattern except caffeine and nicotine . b) Patients diagnosed as suffering from major medical or neurological disorder by history or examination or investigation. c) Those patients who received electroconvulsive therapy in previous 6 months. d) Patients with intellectual disability disorder and other comorbid psychiatric illness. e) Catatonia patients f) Patients not amenable for baseline cognitive assessment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical Response after ECTTimepoint: after 6 ECT session | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| cognitive adverse effects of bifrontal and bitemporal ECT.Timepoint: after 6 ECTSession. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Muhammed IrfanPP
Gauhati university
Outcome results
None listed