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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
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
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*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.

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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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