Do SSRIs prolong seizure duration during ECT?

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-280

  Potokar, John ^a   Wilson, Susan ^a   Nutt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Seizure duration selective serotonin re uptake inhibitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009853593     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651509709024739     Document Type: Article

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