Challenges of electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia in youth with intellectual disabilities: Another tomato effect?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-153

  Wachtel, Lee Elizabeth ^a   Dhossche, Dirk Marcel ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AGE; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATATONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JUSTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL;

EID: 84865733312     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31825692e2     Document Type: Review

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