Clinical predictors of seizure threshold in electroconvulsive therapy: A prospective study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Van Waarde, Jeroen A ^a   Van Oudheusden, Lucas J B ^a   Verwey, Bastiaan ^a   Giltay, Erik J ^b   Van Der Mast, Rose C ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Initial) seizure threshold; ECT; Predictors; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84879498275     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-012-0342-7     Document Type: Review

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