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ECT in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Katy Malcolm  and
Malcolm Peet
Katy Malcolm
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU
Malcolm Peet
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 713 - 714
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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