Awareness and perceptions of electroconvulsive therapy among psychiatric patients: A cross-sectional survey from teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Arshad, Mehreen ^a   Arham, Ahmad Zafir ^a   Arif, Mansoor ^a   Bano, Maria ^a   Bashir, Ayisha ^a   Bokutz, Munira ^a   Choudhary, Maria ^a   Naqvi, Haider ^a   Khan, Murad Moosa ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 34547167955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-7-27     Document Type: Article

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