Actual Practice of ECT in a Health Region of Britain
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 133 (6) , 520-523
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.133.6.520
Abstract
Summary: A field study of 14 treatment centres found broad agreement between clinical practice and the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Memorandum on the use of ECT. Differences in electrode placement and anaesthetic agents and a poor standard of safety and reliability in the electrical equipment was noted.Keywords
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