Neuropsychiatric considerations in the use of electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-292

  Krystal, Andrew D ^a   Coffey, C Edward ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CATATONIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MANIA; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

EID: 0030940264     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.9.2.283     Document Type: Review

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