Postpartum electroconvulsive therapy: A systematic review and case report

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 310-314

  Gressier, Florence ^a,b   Rotenberg, Samuel ^a,b   Cazas, Odile ^b   Hardy, Patrick ^a,b  

^a INSERM U1178   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Mother baby unit; Mother infant relationship; Postpartum; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; CYAMEMAZINE; OXAZEPAM; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOPICLONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTPARTUM ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SADNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84930085208     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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