Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Last update: 6 August 2009
I have included links to the full text of some books and reports on
this page.
For practice guidelines related to the use of electroconvulsive
therapy click here.
Further lists of books and journal articles relating to ECT can
be found on my bibliographies and
reading lists page.
The library subscribes to the Journal of ECT online
ECT Guide
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
Produced by the Mental Health Branch, Department of Human Services,
Victoria, January 2009.
ECT On-Line
(Part of Psychiatry On-line)
Actually an electronic online journal.
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Free full text articles from PubMed Central.
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: ECT
From the Mayo Clinic.
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.
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