ECT in treatment-resistant depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1238-1244

  Kellner, Charles H ^a   Greenberg, Robert M ^a   Murrough, James W ^a   Bryson, Ethan O ^a   Briggs, Mimi C ^a   Pasculli, Rosa M ^a  

^a not available ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; LIOTHYRONINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84871835177     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12050648     Document Type: Article

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