Patients' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy: A reevaluation of the review by Rose et al on memory loss after electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-30

  Bergsholm, Per ^a,b  

^a Central Hospital of Sogn Og Fjordane   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

ECT; electrode placement; memory loss; patients' perspectives; stimulus

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857858367     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31822d796c     Document Type: Review

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