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Actual Practice of ECT in a Health Region of Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Lambourn  and
A. J. Murrills
J. Lambourn
Affiliation:
Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hampshire/Southampton Medical School, Southampton, General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton
A. J. Murrills
Affiliation:
Wessex Regional Medical Physics Department, Southampton General Hospital
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 6 , December 1978 , pp. 520 - 523
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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