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Interventional Psychiatry

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In this chapter, we review the topic of electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS) in managing psychiatric disorders among older adults.

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  1. Geriatric Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

    Edward V. Singh

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  1. Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Rajesh Tampi

  2. Behavioral Health Advisory Group, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Deena Tampi

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Juan Young

  4. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Rakin Hoq

  5. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA

    Kyle Resnick

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Singh, E.V. (2021). Interventional Psychiatry. In: Tampi, R., Tampi, D., Young, J., Hoq, R., Resnick, K. (eds) Absolute Geriatric Psychiatry Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58663-8_35

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