Safe effective nondrug treatment of chronic depression: A review of research on low-voltage cranial electrical stimulation and other adjunctive therapies

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-99

  Shealy, C Norman ^a   Thomlinson, Paul ^b  

^a Holos Institutes of Health Inc   (United States)

^b Burrell Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Liss CES; Magnesium deficiency; Photostimulation; Shealy series

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649353390     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210108317232     Document Type: Review

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