Clinical evidence for the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of catatonia and psychoses

Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies

Volumn 9780521883887, Issue , 2009, Pages 124-148

  Gazdag, Gabor ^a   Mann, Stephan C ^b,c   Ungvari, Gabor S ^d,e   Caroff, Stanley N ^f,g  

^a Jahn Ferenc Del Pesti korhaz Budapest   (Hungary)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Central Montgomery Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576393.008     Document Type: Chapter

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