Electroconvulsive therapy: How effective is it?

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-218

  Weiner, Richard D ^a   Falcone, Grace ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressant medication; controlled trials; efficacy; electroconvulsive therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957861389     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390311408603     Document Type: Article

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