Half a century of ECT use in young people

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 595-602

  Rey, Joseph M ^a,b   Walter, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Rivendell   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 0030960915     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.5.595     Document Type: Article

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