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Ethical Considerations with Electroconvulsive Therapy


Electroconvulsive therapy in adolescence

Abstract The aim of this work is to discuss the ethical issues regarding the use of electroconvulsive therapy. (ECT) in adolescents. Ethical impli- cations of ...

Electroconvulsive therapy: A history of controversy, but also of help

Critics have portrayed ECT as a form of medical abuse. Yet many psychiatrists, and more importantly, patients, consider it to be safe and ...

Guidance on Electroconvulsive Therapy When Considered for ...

Concerns about possible long term effects and the desire not to “experiment” or use “shock treatment” on vulnerable populations who often cannot ...

Electroconvulsive therapy, the placebo effect and informed consent

The sham ECT literature: implications for consent to ECT. Ethical Human. Psychol Psychiatry 2006;8: 1 7-28. 9 Brill NQ, Crumpton S, Grayson ...

PSYCHOLOGY AND ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (I)

Electroshock: Scientific, ethical, and political issues. International Journal of Risk & Safety in. Medicine, 11(1), 5-40. Breggin, P. R. (2010). The FDA ...

Is It Time to Reconsider Use of ECT for Depression? - AAFP

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used to treat mental ... ECT” raises all kinds of ethical issues about risk to patients. The ...

A study of ECT on 278 children and adolescents

A study of ECT on 278 children and adolescents; methodological, conceptual, and ethical concerns ... electroconvulsive therapy: Correcting and updating a 2019 ...

Electroconvulsive therapy - Wikipedia

Immediately following treatment, the most common adverse effects are confusion and transient memory loss. Among treatments for severely depressed pregnant women ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | RANZCP

It is important for the ECT service to have a process in place in every case to ensure that there is adequate monitoring during a course of treatment including ...

Books for Clinicians - ISEN

Fink concludes with a straightforward discussion of the ethical issues surrounding E.C.T. ... treatment electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It clarifies the ...

JOURNAL ARTICLE PRE-PROOF (as accepted)

Prior to his experiments with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), he dedicated three ... considerations of medical practices: "Ethics is not ...

Commentary: The Dilemma of Unmodified Electroconvulsive Therapy

Ethical Issues. Returning to the question about the ethics of un- modified ECT: the few practitioners in India who con- tinue to administer unmodified ECT ...

CP_ECT_Standards_2015.pdf - Chief Psychiatrist

The Mental Health Act 2014 (MHA 2014) requires that all services that perform electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in Western Australia (WA) be approved by the Chief.

Treatment resistant depression and electroconvulsive therapy

Historic issues: many patients will be reluctant to accept ECT because of its portrayal in the media. When first in use it lead to terrible side ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy for Geriatric Depression in the COVID-19 ...

between the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and justice is a significant challenge in this context. 9 Our approach at the at the.

Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on inflammatory markers and ...

... ethical issues, particularly in the adolescent population (18, 19). Despite these concerns, ECT is indispensable for managing treatment-resistant depression ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Mayo Clinic

This led to greater pain, more fear and anxiety, fractured bones, and other serious side effects. ECT is much safer today. Although ECT still ...

Medical Humanities Research

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was developed as a treatment for severe psychoses in ... discussion helps explore the complex ethical issues encountered in ...

Navigating Treatment Options: Ketamine vs. ECT for Nonpsychotic ...

... ethical considerations. In conclusion, Ketamine was noninferior to ECT as therapy for treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis.

Junior medical students' knowledge about and attitudes towards ...

Background: Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment modality with a long history of use in psychiatry, it remains ...