The depiction of electroconvulsive therapy in Hindi cinema

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Andrade, Chittaranjan ^a   Shah, Nilesh ^b   Venkatesh, Basappa K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Gen Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Bollywood and ECT; Cinema and ECT; Electroconvulsive therapy in Hindi cinema; Films and ECT; Hindi cinema and ECT; Movie depictions of ECT; Public attitudes towards ECT

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRAMA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREMEDICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 77649282906     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181d017ba     Document Type: Article

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