What was learned: Studies by the consortium for research in ECT (CORE) 1997-2011

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 417-426

  Fink, M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical depression; Bipolar depression; Continuation ECT; Continuation medication; Electroconvulsive therapy; Electrode placement; Melancholia; Outcome predictors: age; Psychosis; Suicide; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

AGE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RACE; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SOMATIZATION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84900001047     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12251     Document Type: Review

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