ECT: Knowledge and attitude among patients and their relatives
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ECT: Knowledge and attitude among patients and their relatives
BACKGROUND It is believed that people lack sound knowledge and appropriate attitude towards electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However, very little systematic research has gone into this area. AIM To examine the knowledge and attitude of patients and their relatives towards ECT. METHODS A 16-item questionnaire with satisfactory face validity and content validity was constructed and translated...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0019-5545
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.31616