Length of the ECT course in bipolar and unipolar depression [2]

Journal of ECT

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-197

  Sackeim, Harold A ^a   Prudic, Joan ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744457096     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000176972.72777.c4     Document Type: Letter

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