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ERIC Number: EJ342220
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Electroconvulsive Therapy and Suicide.
Tanney, Bryan L.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v16 n2 p198-222 Sum 1986
When the effectiveness and mortality-morbidity of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are compared with those of drug therapies, it appears that ECT is an effective and preferred treatment strategy. It remains underutilized as a modality of suicide prevention. Addresses controversies that presently limit the use of this treatment. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Electrical Stimuli, Prevention, Suicide, Therapy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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