Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy: Complementary or competitive therapeutic options in depression?

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-238

  Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; SKULL;

EID: 4744373552     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1039-8562.2004.02113.x     Document Type: Review

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