Continuation and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of depressive illness: A response to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence report

Journal of ECT

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-17

  Frederikse, Melissa ^a   Petrides, Georgios ^a   Kellner, Charles ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuation ECT; Depression; Maintenance ECT

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXAZEPAM; PHENELZINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL PATIENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33748472991     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200603000-00003     Document Type: Review

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