Update on electroconvulsive therapy dosing strategies

South African Psychiatry Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Segal, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age rule; Electroconvulsive therapy; Stimulus dosing strategies

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 21644449847     PISSN: 18117805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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