A trial to determine any difference between two and three times a week ECT in the rate of recovery from depression

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-409

  Vieweg, Reinout ^a,b   Shawcross, Charles R ^a  

^a Fareham Gosport Mental Hlth Serv   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031658665     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638239818003     Document Type: Article

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