Articles by author - Blanka Kores Plesnicar

Electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatric practice: a selective review of the evidence.

Oral E, Tomruk N, Plesnicar B, Hotujac L, Kocmur M, Koychev G, Sartorius N.

Historical Article 2008; 29(Suppl 1): 11-32 PubMed PMID: 19029876  Keywords:  Clinical Trials as Topic, Electroconvulsive Therapy:adverse effects, Ethics, Medical, History, 20th Century, Humans, Mental Disorders:therapy, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Psychiatry:methods, Treatment Outcome,.    Citation

: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is largely historical but is still in use. Modern psychiatry requires careful selection of patients in w.....

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