Manual para el tratamiento electroconvulsivo / Electroconvulsive therapy handbook
MEDISUR
; 5(2,supl.1)2007.
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-37920
Responsible library:
CU403.1
RESUMEN
A pesar de que la utilización de la terapia electroconvulsiva ha generado tanto cuestionamiento, el concenso para su utilización se ha incrementado, hasta llegar a ser aplicable en diferentes enfermedades psiquiátricas y/o neurológicas. La bibliografía científica asegura que es un tratamiento altamente eficaz y de escaso riesgo. Coloca al psiquiátra entre sus prejuicios y conocimientos. El objetivo de este trabajo es contribuir a resolver esta tensión
ABSTRACT
Although the usage of electroconvulsive therapy has produced so much controversy, the agreement for its usage has increased up to the level of being applicable in different psychiatric and/or neurological diseases. Scientific bibliographies assure that it is a very efficient treatment with low risks. It places the professionals in a real dilema between knowledge and prejudicies. The aim of of this paper is ti help solving this situation
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Cuba
Database:
CUMED
Main subject:
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Type of study:
Practice guideline
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
MEDISUR
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Dr Gustavo Aldereguía Lima/Cuba