ECT is used in mental healthcare, with specialist nurses and clinics across the UK. An audit has highlighted concerns about possible side effects
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains a controversial treatment. While practices are much changed from the 1950s and 60s, when it was used without anaesthetic often without consent, there are still those who believe it should have no role in 21st century healthcare.
Mental Health Practice. 25, 2, 6-8. doi: 10.7748/mhp.25.2.6.s2
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