The treatment effect of modified electroconvulsive therapy and the improvement of executive function to schizophrenia patients

Objective: To explore the treatment outcome of modified electroconvulsive therapy(MECT) and the improvement of executive function to patients with schizophrenia. Methods: 60 patients with schizophrenia were randomly divided into control group(conventional antipsychotic drug treatment) and observation group(antipsychotic drugs treatment and MECT), PANSS and BRIEF- A functional rating scale were used to evaluate patients' clinical symptoms and executive function before and after treatment. Results: The PANSS scores of observation group are significantly lower than control group(t =-2.623,P0.05)after treatment. And the score of general mental pathological factor of observation group are significantly lower than control group(t =-2.333,P0.05)after treatment. The most project of executive function have improved significantly after treatment in two groups, and total index score of observation group is significantly better than control group(t =-6.632,P0.05). Conclusion: MECT proves definite efficacy to schizophrenia, which can improves the clinical symptoms and executive function significantly.