Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a six-year-old girl suffering from major depressive disorder with catatonic features

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-60

  Esmaili, Taghi ^a   Malek, Ayyoub ^b,c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depressive disorder; Pre pubertal children

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CATATONIA; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247509347     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-006-0561-4     Document Type: Article

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