Diagnoses of patients treated with ECT: A comparison of evidence-based standards with reported use

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1059-1065

  Hermann, Richard C ^b   Ettner, Susan L ^a   Dorwart, Robert A ^c   Langman Dorwart, Nancy ^c   Kleinman, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032841112     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.50.8.1059     Document Type: Article

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