The change in electrical energy delivered to aged patients over a course of moderate dose unilateral electroconvulsive therapy

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 187-190

  Plakiotis, Chris ^a   Chin, Loi Fei ^a,b   O'connor, Daniel W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 78650077531     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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