Australian and US responses to electroconvulsive therapy dosage selection

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 629-632

  Little, John D ^a   McFarlane, Jo ^a   Barton, David ^a   Varma, Shashjit L ^a  

^a Grampians Psychiatric Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit comparisons; Dosage selection; Electroconvulsive therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIST; SEIZURE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036799352     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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