Electroconvulsive therapy: A review of knowledge, experience and attitudes of patients concerning the treatment

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 525-537

  Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Rajagopal, Rajendra ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

ECT; Experience; Knowledge; Patients; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEAR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MANIA; MEMORY DISORDER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; AMNESIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRODE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT SAFETY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COERCION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953630669     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622970903559925     Document Type: Review

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