The use of electroconvulsive therapy in the elderly: A study from the psychiatric unit of a north indian teaching hospital

Journal of ECT

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-127

  Jain, Gaurav ^a   Kumar, Vineet ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

ECT; Elderly; India

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049109358     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318160d61e     Document Type: Article

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