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Autonomic Monitor for Electroconvulsive Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. M. Watkins-Pitchford*
Affiliation:
St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1
Felicity Reynolds
Affiliation:
St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH
*
Correspondence

Summary

A successful preliminary trial of an inexpensive non-invasive method for detecting successfully administered electroconvulsive therapy is described.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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