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ECT and Minors: When More is Less

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Steve Baldwin
Affiliation:
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Yvonne Jones
Affiliation:
Edinburgh, UK

Extract

In a diverse therapeutic context, multiple interventions are available for use with disordered or dysfunctional minors. With this population, electroshock administration is always inappropriate.

Type
Controversial Issues
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1996

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