Does electrode placement predict time to rehospitalization?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 213-218

  Little, John D ^a,b,c   Munday, Jo ^a   Atkins, Martin R ^a   Khalid, Abdul ^a  

^a Grampians Psychiatric Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ECT; Electrode placement; Re hospitalization

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344258022     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200412000-00005     Document Type: Review

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