Abstract
Long-term institutionalization of the forensic psychiatry patient population places a psychological burden on patients and family members as well as a financial burden on the health care system at large. Although electroconvulsive therapy is a well-established tool for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, it is infrequently used in the forensic setting. This review serves to demonstrate an example of electroconvulsive therapy in combination with clozapine as a means of reducing length of hospitalization in a forensic psychiatric patient. Furthermore, this review will discuss factors limiting the prescribing of electroconvulsive therapy to this patient population including ethical considerations and availability.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 156-158 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of ECT |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2022 |
Keywords
- ECT and clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia
- ECT forensic
- ECT in the forensic setting
- availability of ECT at state hospitals
- case report
- clozapine and ECT
- ethical considerations
- ethics of ECT
- ethics of ECT in forensic psychiatry unit
- forensic case study
- forensic psychiatry
- forensic psychiatry and ECT
- treatment-resistant schizophrenia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
