Electroconvulsive therapy use in a 97-year-old woman

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 427-430

  Burke, David ^a,b   Shannon, Joanne ^a   Beveridge, Alexander ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case report; Electroconvulsive therapy; Psychogeriatrics

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 34548651695     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701323968     Document Type: Article

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