Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: Impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945]

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Heikman, Pertti ^a   Katila, Heikki ^a   Sarna, Seppo ^b   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^a   Kuoppasalmi, Kimmo ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FINLAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342655268     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-2-2     Document Type: Article

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