Titrated moderately suprathreshold vs fixed high-dose right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy: Acute antidepressant and cognitive effects

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 438-444

  McCall, W Vaughn ^a   Reboussin, David M ^a   Weiner, Richard D ^b   Sackeim, Harold A ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0034013238     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.5.438     Document Type: Article

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