Are patients' attitudes towards and knowledge of electroconvulsive therapy transcultural? A multi-national pilot study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-503

  Bustin, Julian ^a,g   Rapoport, Mark J ^b   Krishna, Murali ^c   Matusevich, Daniel ^d   Finkelsztein, Carlos ^d   Strejilevich, Sergio ^e   Anderson, David ^f  

^a Barts and the London   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e Instituto de Neurologia Cognitiva   (Argentina)

^f MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Mersey Care NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; Elderly; Electroconvulsive therapy; Knowledge; Transcultural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 44249125734     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1926     Document Type: Article

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