Use of electroconvulsive therapy at a university hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: A 13-year naturalistic review

Journal of ECT

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-161

  Naqvi, Haider ^a   Khan, Murad M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing country; ECT; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; BITE; CATATONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PAKISTAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 24744459644     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000177962.76163.44     Document Type: Review

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