ECT in mental retardation: A review

Journal of ECT

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 236-243

  Van Waarde, Jeroen A ^a   Stolker, Joost J ^b   Van Der Mast, Rose C ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^c JellinekMentrum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Electroconvulsive therapy; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; RELAPSE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035205577     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200112000-00002     Document Type: Article

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