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The Psychology of Electric Convulsion Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. A. Sandison
R. A. Sandison*
Affiliation:
Warlingham Park Hospital
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The electrical method of inducing convulsions grew out of the use of convulsant drugs. Experience with E.C.T. has not proved that it is therapeutically superior to the chemical methods. One must, therefore, attribute the now almost universal use of E.C.T. to its technical and psychological advantages.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 404 , July 1950 , pp. 734 - 744
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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