Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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Further lists of books and journal articles relating to ECT can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page.

ECT in Scotland: A Guide to Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Latest Evidence
This ECT guide is produced by the Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN), and is designed to give an impartial presentation of the current evidence and advice on ECT for patients, carers and the lay person.

The ECT Handbook (Second edition): The Third Report of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Special Committee on ECT (June 2005)
Council Report CR128 of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This report presents the latest clinical guidelines for psychiatrists who prescribe electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and practitioners who administer it. It clarifies the place of ECT in contemporary practice and reviews the evidence for its efficacy.

ECT Manual - Licensing, Legal Requirements and Clinical (January 2000)
From the Mental Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria.

ECT On-Line (Part of Psychiatry On-line)
Actually an electronic online journal.

Electroconvulsive therapy
An editiorial from the BMJ, by Stuart Carney, and John Geddes.
BMJ 21 June 2003, 326:1343-1344

Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
The ECT Accreditation Service was launched in May 2003. Its purpose is to assure and improve the quality of the administration of ECT in the UK. Participating clinics undergo a process of self- and peer-review, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Education, Training and Standards Committee awards an accreditation rating to clinics that meet essential standards.

Electroconvulsive therapy: Treating severe depression and mental illness
From the Mayo Clinic.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Information from the American Psychiatric Association.

Electroconvulsive therapy - HealthInsite
HealthInsite is funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information.

Electroconvulsive Therapy. (NIH Consensus Statements: 51, 1985)
From the National Institutes of Health in the United States, a statement on the use of ECT. There is also Supplemental Information for NIH Consensus Statement on Electroconvulsive Therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): Treating severe depression and mental illness
A resource produced by the staff of the Mayo Clinic.

The History of Shock Therapy in Psychiatry
A paper by Renato M. E. Sabbatini, Brain and Mind Magazine, August/September 1997.

NZ Ministry of Health: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
A number of documents about the use of ECT in New Zealand.