Combined valproate or carbamazepine and electroconvulsive therapy

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Zarate Jr , Carlos A ^a,b   Tohen, Mauricio ^a,b,c   Baraibar, German ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Carbamazepine; Electroconvulsive therapy; Valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM; PERPHENAZINE; SERTRALINE; TIOTIXENE; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARBAMAZEPINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 9844259482     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026226207760     Document Type: Article

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