Convulsive therapy turns 75

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-388

  Gazdag, Gabor ^a   Bitter, Istvan ^b   Ungvari, Gabor S ^c   Baran, Brigitta ^b  

^a Jahn Ferenc Del Pesti korhaz Budapest   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; PENTETRAZOLE;

ABSCESS; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CONVULSION; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEAR; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; OLIGOPHRENIA; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIST; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STUPOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBE FEEDING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUNGARY;

CONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 67649314062     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.062547     Document Type: Review

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