Continuation-maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: Quality standards in 3 Australian aged psychiatry services

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-97

  O'connor, Daniel W ^a   Gardner, Betina ^a   Presnell, Ian ^a   Singh, Dhiren ^a   Tsanglis, Maria ^b   White, Erica ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Continuation ECT; Maintenance ECT; Quality standards

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953155478     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181c18914     Document Type: Article

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