Improving electroconvulsive therapy practice through audit
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Electroconvulsive therapy, practice and evidence.
This issue includes the findings from the largest randomised controlled trial ever conducted with bilateral, unilateral and bifrontal electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The background to the study and its findings are discussed.
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متن کاملAn audit of seizure duration in electroconvulsive therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.19.8.480