Use of ultra-brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy to treat severe postnatal mood disorder

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-432

  Levy, Yael ^a   Austin, Marie Paule ^b,c   Halliday, Graeme ^d  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c St John of God Health Care   (Australia)

^d Department Psychology   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; electroconvulsive therapy; postnatal mood disorder

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DESVENLAFAXINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ACETATE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; ACETATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; ACETATE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ACETATE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874582803     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856212458979     Document Type: Article

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