Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in bipolar versus unipolar major depression: A meta-analysis

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-150

  Dierckx, Bram ^a   Heijnen, Willemijn T ^a   van den Broek, Walter W ^a   Birkenhäger, Tom K ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Meta analysis; Remission rates; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84858303408     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.00997.x     Document Type: Review

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