Electroconvulsive Therapy and Depression
- 1 August 1965
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 111 (477) , 682-686
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.111.477.682
Abstract
It is common practice to divide depression into two illnesses: reactive (or neurotic) and endogenous (or manic-depressive psychosis). This dichotomy is a source of extensive argument, and its value is controversial.Keywords
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