Cranial electrotherapy stimulation reduces aggression in violent neuropsychiatric patients

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Childs, Allen ^a,b,c   Price, Larry ^d  

^a Vernon Campus   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Electromedical Products International ^*  (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSLEEP; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SUDDEN ASSAULT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34147103950     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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