Can a seizure help? The public's attitude toward electroconvulsive therapy

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Lauber, Christoph ^a   Nordt, Carlos ^a   Falcato, Luis ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Contact; Culture; Electroconvulsive therapy; Mental illness; Public opinion survey; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 17444413771     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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