Practical considerations in the use of ultrabrief ECT in clinical practice

Journal of ECT

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-14

  Galletly, Cherrie ^a,b,c   Clarke, Patrick ^a,b   Paterson, Tom ^a,b   Rigby, Ashlee ^a,b   Gill, Shane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Ramsay Health Care   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Wellbeing and Liaison Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; electroconvulsive therapy; length of stay; private psychiatry; pulse width; ultrabrief

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894488676     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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