Electroconvulsive therapy: The struggles in the decision-making process and the aftermath of treatment

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 554-559

  Smith, Marilyn ^a   Vogler, Jason ^b   Zarrouf, Fahd ^c   Sheaves, Crystal ^a   Jesse, Jane ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRUST; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 70350514743     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840902807947     Document Type: Article

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