Treatment of Phencyclidine‐Associated Psychosis with ECT
作者:
Stephen Dinwiddie,
Wayne Drevets,
Dean Smith,
期刊:
Convulsive Therapy
(OVID Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 3
页码: 230-235
ISSN:0749-8055
年代: 1988
出版商: OVID
关键词: Electroconvulsive therapy;Phencyclidine;Psychoses, substance-induced
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Phencyclidine (PCP) abuse usually causes a short, self-limited period of intoxication but may lead to a prolonged psychosis, poorly responsive to antipsychotic medications. Prior reports indicate that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe, rapidly effective treatment in such cases, but longer-term outcome has not been studied. We report three cases of PCP-associated psychosis that did not respond to at least 2 weeks of antipsychotic treatment but subsequently responded rapidly to ECT. Follow-up at 14 to 21 months after treatment show that recovery was maintained except in one subject who relapsed after continuing to abuse PCP. ECT should be considered as a treatment early in the course of drug-associated psychoses in which an adequate trial of antipsychotic medication has not been effective.
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