Bridging the skull: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in psychiatry

Convulsive Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Kirkcaldie, Matthew ^a,b   Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Reid, Philip ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MOOD; PSYCHIATRY; SKULL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SKULL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030743543     PISSN: 07498055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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