Efficacy of ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive therapy for depression: A systematic review

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 720-726

  Spaans, Harm Pieter ^a   Kho, King H ^a   Verwijk, Esmée ^a   Kok, Rob M ^a   Stek, Max L ^b  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Brief pulse; Depression; Efficacy; Electroconvulsive therapy; Systematic review; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; BRIEF PULSE ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRABRIEF PULSE ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY;

BILATERAL; BRIEF PULSE; DEPRESSION; EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNILATERAL;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888389917     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.072     Document Type: Review

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