Survey of the practice of electroconvulsive therapy in teaching hospitals in India

Journal of ECT

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-104

  Chanpattana, Worrawat ^a   Kunigiri, Girish ^b   Kramer, Barry Alan ^c   Gangadhar, B N ^d  

^a Bangkok Hospital Medical Center   (Thailand)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Continuation maintenance ECT; ECT practice; ECT survey; ECT training; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); India; Unmodified ECT

Indexed keywords

CATATONIA; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MENTAL HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 20444428710     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000166634.73555.e6     Document Type: Review

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