12-03-2025 | Electroconvulsive Therapy | RESEARCH
ECT and Delirium: Literature Review and a Pediatric Case Report
Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports
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Metadata
- Title
- ECT and Delirium: Literature Review and a Pediatric Case Report
- Authors
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Ayah Anani
Hannah Reynard
Neera Ghaziuddin
- Publication date
- 12-03-2025
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Published in
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Current Psychiatry Reports
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-025-01594-9