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ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2020

Electroconvulsive Therapy for Geriatric Depression in the COVID-19 Era: Reflection on the Ethics.

Amer M Burhan, Ajmal Safi, Mervin Blair, Richard O'Reilly

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Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Electroconvulsive Therapy Practice Changes in Older Individuals Due to COVID-19: Expert Consensus Statement.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2020
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  6. COVID-19, Aging, and Mental Health: Lessons From the First Six Months.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Amer M BurhanClinical Neuropsychiatry & Therapeutic Brain Stimulation Research, Parkwood Institute, London, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada; Therapeutic Brain Stimulation Clinic at Parkwood Institute-Mental Health Care Building, London, ON, Canada. Electronic address: amer.burhan@sjhc.london.on.ca.
Ajmal SafiClinical Neuropsychiatry & Therapeutic Brain Stimulation Research, Parkwood Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Mervin BlairClinical Neuropsychiatry & Therapeutic Brain Stimulation Research, Parkwood Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Richard O'ReillyDepartment of Psychiatry at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada; Therapeutic Brain Stimulation Clinic at Parkwood Institute-Mental Health Care Building, London, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

BetacoronavirusAgedCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19DepressionElectroconvulsive TherapyHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2

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PMID32425472
PMCPMC7227591

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