The birth of convulsive therapy revisited: A reappraisal of László Meduna's first cohort of patients

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1179-1182

  Baran, Brigitta ^a   Bitter, István ^a   Ungvari, Gabor S ^b,c   Gazdag, Gábor ^a,d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c Marian Centre   (Australia)

^d Szt István and László Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Convulsive therapy; L szl Meduna; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAMPHOR; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; CAMPHOR; CONVULSANTS; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857364161     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.11.045     Document Type: Article

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