Survey of referrals to electroconvulsive therapy in Hungary

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 3, 2009, Pages 900-904

  Gazdag, Gábor ^a   Sebestyén, Gábor ^b   Zsargó, Eszter ^b   Tolna, Judit ^b   Ungvari, Gábor Sándor ^c  

^a Szent Lszl Hospital   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Depression; ECT; Referral; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949528081     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970802256180     Document Type: Article

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