Electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents with intellectual disability and severe self-injurious behavior and aggression: A retrospective study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-62

  Consoli, Angele ^a   Cohen, Johan ^a   Bodeau, Nicolas ^a   Guinchat, Vincent ^a   Wachtel, Lee ^b   Cohen, David ^a,c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Intellectual disability; Pervasive developmental disorder; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MILIEU THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84871925966     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0320-7     Document Type: Article

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