A questionnaire survey of ECT practice in Australia

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-92

  Chanpattana, Worrawat ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aging; Australia; Continuation ECT maintenance ECT ECT training; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Major depression; Survey and practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249910343     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318031bc50     Document Type: Article

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