Evidence of the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in the psychiatric practice
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The present study was carried out in the Psychiatry Service at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) and Department of Psychiatry at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. * Resident physician in psychiatry, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. ** Psychiatrist, PhD in Clinical Medicine, Medical School (FAMED), UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. *** Psychiatrist, PhD. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, FAMED, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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