Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 67-71 , January 2006

Electroconvulsive therapy in Belgium: A nationwide survey on the practice of electroconvulsive therapy

  • P. Sienaert

      Affiliations

    • ECT Department and Department of Mood Disorders, University Center Sint-Jozef, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuvensesteenweg 517, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 2 758 05 11; fax: +32 2 759 53 80.
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  • M. Dierick

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Clinic Sint-Camillus, Gent, Belgium
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  • G. Degraeve

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Clinic Sint-Camillus, Gent, Belgium
    • University Center Sint-Jozef, Leuvensesteenweg 517, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
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  • J. Peuskens

      Affiliations

    • University Center Sint-Jozef, Leuvensesteenweg 517, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
    • Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Received 1 September 2005 ,Revised 27 September 2005 ,Accepted 29 September 2005.

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PII: S0165-0327(05)00337-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.09.016

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 67-71 , January 2006

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