Does age predict the long-term outcome of depression treated with ECT? (A prospective study of the long-term outcome of ECT-treated depression with respect to age)

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Wesson, Michael L ^a,e   Wilkinson, Andrew M ^b   Anderson, David N ^c   Mccracken, Cherie ^d  

^a Merseyside Psychiatric Training Scheme   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mossley Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Lakeside Park Lodge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SENESCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031022111     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199701)12:1<45::AID-GPS458>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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