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Significant rise in plasma insulin after electroconvulsive therapy
Author(s) -
Berrios G. E.,
Bulbena A.,
Martinez A. R.,
Gazo D. Ortega,
Llorens J. M. Castellanos,
Lozano C. D.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb10610.x
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , insulin , psychology , medicine , stimulus (psychology) , plasma levels , plasma volume , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anesthesia , psychiatry , psychotherapist
— The effect of ECT on insulin plasma levels was studied in 10 single treatments in five patients suffering from DSM III‐diagnosed schizophrenia. The treatments were chosen from early, middle and late ordinal positions. A significant rise was found 10, 20 and 30 min after an effective electrical stimulus. Values returned to normal in all cases at 60 min. The rise at 10 min occurred in all treatments, irrespective of ordinal position, but an incidental finding was that the higher the ordinal position of a given treatment, the higher the peak of insulin.