Comparison of antidepressant effects between brief and ultrabrief pulse unilateral electroconvulsive therapy: Brief report of a randomized double-blind trial

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages e59-e60

  Mayur, Prashanth ^a   Harris, Anthony ^b  

^a CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Severe depression; Ultrabrief pulse width

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PULSE WAVE; ULTRABRIEF PULSE RIGHT UNILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455184689     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318218945e     Document Type: Article

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