Seizure thresholds in elderly patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive disorder: A review

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-190

  van Waarde, Jeroen A ^a   van der Mast, Rose C ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Electroconvulsive therapy; Review; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCINFO; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77958157730     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340010791792644     Document Type: Article

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