Practitioner review: Electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-334

  Walter, Garry ^b   Joseph M, Rey ^c   Mitchell, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Rivendell Child & Adolescent Unit   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ECT: electroconvulsive therapy; EEG: electroencephalography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

METHOHEXITAL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MANIA; NAUSEA; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STIMULUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0344197608     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003655     Document Type: Article

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