Electroconvulsive therapy: old acquaintance for the youngster or new opportunity for the elder? Review of the literature and applications in the geriatric population
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is among the most controversial and mythicized therapies in the psychiatric and medical clinical context. Historically, this practice was used in some contexts as a torture or a coercive method and the lay public as well as the collective imaginary has always consider...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Geriatric Care |
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| Online Access: | https://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/gc/article/view/8385 |