Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT) after acute response: Examining the evidence for who, what, when, and how?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-47

  Rabheru, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

continuation; depression; electroconvulsive therapy; maintenance; medication intolerance; mood disorders; schizophrenia; treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUPENTIXOL; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84857912247     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182455758     Document Type: Review

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