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ECT and Minors: When More is Less

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Steve Baldwin  and
Yvonne Jones
Steve Baldwin
Affiliation:
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Yvonne Jones
Affiliation:
Edinburgh, UK
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In a diverse therapeutic context, multiple interventions are available for use with disordered or dysfunctional minors. With this population, electroshock administration is always inappropriate.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 319 - 322
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1996

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