A survey of the practice of electroconvulsive therapy in Asia

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-10

  Chanpattana, Worrawat ^a   Kramer, Barry Alan ^b   Kunigiri, Girish ^c   Gangadhar, B N ^d   Kitphati, Rungrueng ^e   Andrade, Chittaranjan ^d  

^a Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital   (Thailand)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; C ECT; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); M ECT; Schizophrenia; Survey of practice; Unmodified ECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CATATONIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANESTHESIA; ASIA; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77649300217     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181a74368     Document Type: Article

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