ECT and mental retardation: A review and case reports

Journal of ECT

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-152

  Aziz, Mohamed ^a   Maixner, Daniel F ^a,b   DeQuardo, John ^a   Aldridge, Andrew ^a   Tandon, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Mental retardation; Neuroleptic malignant syndrome; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034971732     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200106000-00012     Document Type: Article

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