Electroconvulsive therapy clinical database: A standardized approach in tertiary care psychiatry

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-309

  Rai, Susan ^a   Kivisalu, Trisha ^a   Rabheru, Kiran ^a,b,c   Kang, Nirmal ^a,b,d  

^a RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical database; ECT; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650509908     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181d26b54     Document Type: Article

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