Safety of electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intracranial lead

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1075-1076

  Singh, Dhiren ^a   Morley, Samuel ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LEAD; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LEAD; RISK FACTORS; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 56749169587     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802512081     Document Type: Letter

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