ECT: Use in individuals with mental retardation

Journal of ECT

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-42

  Friedlander, Robin I ^a   Solomons, Kevin ^a  

^a West Coast and Fraser Valley Mental Health Teams   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Electroconvulsive therapy; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SAFETY; SCHIZOIDISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036210920     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200203000-00011     Document Type: Article

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