Use of ECT for the inpatient treatment of recurrent major depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-29

  Olfson, Mark ^a   Marcus, Steven ^b   Sackeim, Harold A ^b   Thompson, James ^b   Pincus, Harold Alan ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0031985494     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.1.22     Document Type: Article

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