ECT use in unipolar and bipolar depression

Journal of ECT

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Agarkar, Smita ^a   Hurt, Stephen ^a   Lisanby, Sarah ^b   Young, Robert C ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar depressed; number of ECT treatments; right unilateral ECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865800321     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318255a552     Document Type: Review

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