Electroconvulsive therapy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7403, 2003, Pages 1343-1344

  Carney, Stuart ^b   Geddes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MANIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0038236510     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7403.1343     Document Type: Editorial

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