Response rate of catatonia to electroconvulsive therapy and its clinical correlates

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-430

  Raveendranathan, Dhanya ^a   Narayanaswamy, Janardhanan C ^a   Reddi, Senthil V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Echophenomena; Electroconvulsive therapy; Lorazepam; Waxy flexibility

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864979840     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0285-4     Document Type: Article

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