History of psychiatry

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-597

  Shorter, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Psychiatric epidemiology; Psychiatry and society; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIOETHICS; CULTURE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 56249137944     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32830aba12     Document Type: Review

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