Building an ECT service: An outcomes-equivalent approach

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-147

  Little, John ^a,b,c,d   Munday, Jo ^b   Atkins, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Grampians Pyschiatric Services   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ECT services; Outcomes equivalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; ADULT; PHYSICIAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21644484611     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02177.x     Document Type: Article

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