THE USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION IN TREA TMENT OF MENTAL-PATIENTS RESISTANT TO PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY

Authors
KUTKO II SPIRINA ID ANDREIKO MF EFIMOV OE
Citation
Ii. Kutko et al., THE USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION IN TREA TMENT OF MENTAL-PATIENTS RESISTANT TO PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY, Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 96(5), 1996, pp. 47-51
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Pathology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444588
Volume
96
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
47 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4588(1996)96:5<47:TUOHOI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
127 patients were observed: 65 schizophrenic patients and 62 patients with vascular mental disorders. The treatment by hyperbaric oxygenatio n (HBO) was applied In such patients to overcome resistance to psychop harmacotherapy. a positive clinical effect was marked in 72,5% of case s (in 67,4% of schizophrenic patients and In 77,4% of patients with va scular diseases). The conclusion was made that HBO enabled to shorten the time of hospital treatment as well as to improve both clinical and social prognosis.