How fixed are child psychiatrists' views about ECT in the young?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-92

  Walter, Garry ^a,b,c   Rey, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Thomas Walker Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Changing clinicians' behavior; Child psychiatrists; Children; Electroconvulsive therapy; Experience; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0038621317     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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