Editing Electroconvulsive therapy (section)

===Schizophrenia===
ECT is widely used worldwide in the treatment of [[schizophrenia]]. However, in North America and Western Europe it is invariably used only in [[treatment resistant schizophrenia]] when symptoms show little response to [[antipsychotic]]s; there is comprehensive research evidence for such practice.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Tharyan P, Adams CE | title = Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 2 | pages = CD000076 | date = April 2005 | pmid = 15846598 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD000076.pub2 | veditors = Tharyan P }}</ref> It is useful in the case of severe exacerbations of [[catatonic schizophrenia]], whether excited or stuporous.<ref name=FDA2011rev/><ref name=NICEtech2003/> There are also case reports of ECT improving persistent psychotic symptoms associated with [[Stimulant psychosis|stimulant-induced psychosis]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Penders TM, Gestring RE, Vilensky DA | title = Intoxication delirium following use of synthetic cathinone derivatives | journal = The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse | volume = 38 | issue = 6 | pages = 616–617 | date = November 2012 | pmid = 22783894 | doi = 10.3109/00952990.2012.694535 | s2cid = 207428569 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Penders TM, Lang MC, Pagano JJ, Gooding ZS | title = Electroconvulsive therapy improves persistent psychosis after repeated use of methylenedioxypyrovalerone ("bath salts") | journal = The Journal of ECT | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = e59–e60 | date = December 2013 | pmid = 23609518 | doi = 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182887bc2 | s2cid = 45842375 }}</ref>