One-year follow-up after successful ECT: A naturalistic study in depressed inpatients

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Birkenhäger, Tom K ^a   Renes, Jan Willem ^b   Pluijms, Esther M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644435114     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v65n0115     Document Type: Article

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