ECT in the treatment of depressed elderly: Lessons from a terminated clinical trial

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1052-1054

  Stek, M L ^a   van der Wurff, F B ^a   Uitdehaag, B M J ^a   Beekman, A T F ^a   Hoogendijk, W J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EFFECT SIZE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTRIPTYLINE; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448990524     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1800     Document Type: Article

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