The impact of clinically diagnosed personality disorders on acute and one-year outcomes of electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-51

  Sareen, Jitender ^b   Enns, Murray W ^a   Guertin, Jennith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Personality disorder; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034146599     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200003000-00006     Document Type: Article

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