Clozapine and Electroconvulsive Therapy Is an Effective and Safe Treatment During Pregnancy: A Case Report

Conrad Molins1, Adriana Fortea, Miquel Bioque

  • 1Psychiatry Department Benito Menni CASM Hospital General de Granollers Granollers, Spain cmolins.zambotti@gmail.com Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit Neuroscience Institute Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit Neuroscience Institute Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental Madrid, Spain Department of Medicine University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit Neuroscience Institute Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental Madrid, Spain Department of Medicine University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Perinatal Mental Health Unit Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit Neuroscience Institute Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental Madrid, Spain Department of Medicine University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain.

The Journal of ECT
|June 25, 2019
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