Patients' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy: Systematic review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7403, 2003, Pages 1363-1365

  Rose, Diana ^a   Wykes, Til ^a   Leese, Morven ^a   Bindman, Jonathan ^a   Fleischmann, Pete ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0038714282     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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2. Royal College of Psychiatrists. Fact sheet on ECT. London: RCP, 1995.
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5. The UK ECT Review Group. Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 2003;354:1369.