Influence of age on the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in major depression: A retrospective study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Birkenhäger, Tom K ^a   Pluijms, Esther M ^a   Ju, Michel R ^a,b   Mulder, Paul G ^a   Den Broek, Walter W Van ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; ECT; Major depression

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954539442     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.02.131     Document Type: Article

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