Refusal of ECT by a patient with recurrent depression, psychosis, and catatonia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1285-1291

  Boronow, John ^a   Stoline, Anne ^a   Sharfstein, Steven S ^a  

^a SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0030851039     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.9.1285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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