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Administration of electroconvulsive therapy: training, practice and attitudes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Henderson,
Marilyn J. Anderson and
Cameron R. Stark
Tom Henderson
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, Crookston Road, Glasgow G53
Marilyn J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Southern General Hospital, Govan Road, Glasgow G51
Cameron R. Stark
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Ross House, Hawkhead Road, Paisley PA2 7BN
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment in severe depressive illness (Kendell, 1981). It is unusual in being administered predominantly by junior doctors, although prescribed by consultants. Pippard (1988) has drawn attention to a tendency for practice to depend on established custom rather than research evidence, and to a lack of consultant involvement in ECT teaching.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , March 1993, pp. 154 - 155
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