ECT Schizophrenia Serotonin Study

Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00278668

123.ctil

Details and patient eligibility

About

We suggest to investigate serotonin uptake in schizophrenia patients receiving ECT

Full description

We suggest to investigate serotonin uptake in schizophrenia patients receiving ECT

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants must meet DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia, as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview - Patient Version (SCID) (First et al., 1995).

Ages 18 -55 Men and/or women -

Exclusion criteria

1. History of neurological disorders, active substance abuse in the previous 3 months.

2. Estimated IQ less then 70.

3. SSRIs treatment 4 weeks prior to the study.

4. Any subject suffering from inflammatory fever disease will be excluded from the study.