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1,250 Electroconvulsive Treatments without Evidence of Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Steven Lippmann
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Manoochehr Manshadi
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Mark Wehry
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Ryland Byrd
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Wally Past
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
William Keller
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
James Schuster
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Sandra Elam
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
David Meyer
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Regina O'Daniel
Affiliation:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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