Response of major depression and Tourette's syndrome to ECT: A case report

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 528-529

  Rapoport, Mark ^a   Feder, Victor ^a   Sandor, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Tics; Tourette's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031879466     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199807000-00022     Document Type: Article

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