@article{ref1,
title="The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on suicide risk in patients with mood disorders",
journal="Canadian journal of psychiatry, The",
year="2001",
author="Sharma, V.",
volume="46",
number="8",
pages="704-709",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To discuss the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on suicide risk in patients with mood disorders. METHOD: A review of the available data on the short-term and long-term effects of ECT on suicide mortality among patients with mood disorders. CONCLUSION: ECT has an acute but not a long-term beneficial effect on suicidality. Due to the significant limitations of studies in this area, however, the data need to be interpreted with caution.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0706-7437",
doi="10.1177/070674370104600802",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674370104600802"
}