Reasons for referral for electroconvulsive therapy: A comparison between adolescents and adults

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-194

  Bloch, Yuval ^a,b   Sobol, Doli ^a,b   Levkovitz, Yechiel ^a,b   Kron, Shmuel ^a,b   Ratzoni, Gideon ^a,b  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Electroconvulsive therapy; Reasons for referral

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 45949093232     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560801886039     Document Type: Article

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