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First Rank Symptoms as Predictors of ECT Response in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Karl Koehler  and
Heinrich Sauer
Karl Koehler
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Clinic, Voss Strasse 4, 6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
Heinrich Sauer
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Clinic, Voss Strasse 4, 6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Summary

First rank symptoms (FRS) in association with affective features predict improvement on ECT. When affectivity was disregarded in 142 schizophrenic probands given ECT and the relationship between FRS alone and ECT response examined, those without FRS had a significantly better ECT outcome score than those with FRS. In various schizophrenic sub-samples, defined in terms of hypothesized predictive abilities of different sets of FRS, no differences came to light.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 3 , March 1983 , pp. 280 - 283
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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