The state of electroconvulsive therapy in texas. Part I: Reported data on 41,660 ECT treatments in 5971 patients

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1197-1202

  Scarano, V R ^a   Felthous, A R ^a   Early, T S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Demographics; Electroconvulsive therapy; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Memory impairment; Suicide; Symptom severity; Texas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033739490     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14867j     Document Type: Article

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