When is electroconvulsive therapy appropriate for children and adolescents?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Wachtel, Lee E ^a   Dhossche, Dirk M ^b   Kellner, Charles H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATATONIA; CHILD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 79751534357     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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