ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) in a General Hospital Psychiatric Inpatient Unit;Utilización de la terapia electroconvulsiva en una unidad de agudos de hospital general

Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 88-95

  Castel, B ^a,b   Chamorro, L ^a   Olivares, D ^a   Huertas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatric disorders; ECT (electroconvulsive therapy); Evaluation; General hospital psychiatry; Indications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034153708     PISSN: 11399287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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