Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of ziprasidone combined with modified electroconvulsive therapy on first-episode schizophrenia and its effect on serum phosphorylated rapamycin target protein (p-mTOR) and interleukin-18 (IL-18). Methods Totally 100 patients with first diagnosed schizophrenia were randomly divided into two groups. The control group (50 cases) received ziprasidone, while the observation group (50 cases) received ziprasidone combined with modified electroconvulsive therapy. The curative effect and complications of the two groups were observed. The changes of serum p-mTOR and IL-18 before and after treatment and the differences between the two groups were observed. Results There was significant difference in the effective rate between the two groups (96.00% VS 80.00%, P?0.05), and the effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group. There were significant differences in the positive symptoms, negative symptoms, general psychopathology, total scores of PANSS and CGI scores between the two groups after treatment (P?0.05). After treatment, the levels of serum p-mTOR and IL-18 decreased significantly in both groups (P?0.05). After treatment, the levels of serum p-mTOR and IL-18 in the observation group were lower than those in the control group [(2.18?±?12.56) VS (3.36?±?1.23), (162.13?±?20.84) pg/ml VS (201.89?±?25.21) pg/ml, P?0.05]. The adverse reaction rate in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (4.00% VS 20.00%, P < 0.05). Conclusion Ziprasidone combined with modified electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of first-episode schizophrenia is reliable, and can reduce the serum levels of p-mTOR and IL-18, with fewer adverse reactions. The effect is better than Ziprasidone only.