ECT, infants, children and adolescents: Shocking abuse of power, or valuable treatment medium?

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-305

  Jones, Yvonne ^a   Baldwin, Steve ^a,b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030455066     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1352465800015186     Document Type: Article

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