Patient attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 212-214

  Rush, Gavin ^a   McCarron, Shane ^b   Lucey, James V ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST PATRICK S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34249868447     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.106.011486     Document Type: Article

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