Electroconvulsive therapy and mental retardation

Journal of ECT

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-149

  Thuppal, Madhavan ^a   Fink, Max ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0033462240     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-199906000-00005     Document Type: Article

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