Awareness and perceptions of electroconvulsive therapy among psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional survey from teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is shown to be effective in many psychiatric illnesses, but its distorted projection by the Pakistani media and its unregulated use by many physicians across the country have adversely affected its acceptability. Given this situation we aimed to assess the...

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Autores principales: Arshad, Mehreen, Arham, Ahmad Zafir, Arif, Mansoor, Bano, Maria, Bashir, Ayisha, Bokutz, Munira, Choudhary, Maria Maqbool, Naqvi, Haider, Khan, Murad Moosa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1929082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17584946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-7-27

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1929082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17584946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-7-27

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