Attitudes towards electroconvulsive therapy among nonpsychiatrist medical graduates and postgraduates

Journal of ECT

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-178

  Chakrabarti, Nandini ^a   Basu, Anirban ^a   Das, Debasish ^a   Sinha, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0042386109     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200309000-00012     Document Type: Letter

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