Electroconvulsive therapy and memory loss: A personal journey

Journal of ECT

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-143

  Donahue, Anne B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Memory loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMNESIA; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0034202199     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200006000-00005     Document Type: Article

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