DSM melancholic features are unreliable predictors of ECT response: A CORE publication

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Fink, Max ^a,f   Rush, A John ^b   Knapp, Rebecca ^c   Rasmussen, Keith ^d   Mueller, Martina ^c   Rummans, Teresa A ^d   O'Connor, Kevin ^e   Husain, Mustafa ^b   Biggs, Melanie ^b   Bailine, Samuel ^a   Kellner, Charles H ^e  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM; Electroconvulsive therapy; Melancholia

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MELANCHOLIA; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548416643     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/yct.0b013e3180337344     Document Type: Article

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