ECT References

A collection of the more significant medical research references collated and categorised by SEAN. For copyright reasons the full text of the articles cannot be published here. Your librarian should be able to help you find the full text if the full reference is quoted. See also the Links area for web based reference material.

For convenience, these links have been organised into nine groupings:

  1. Evidence for efficacy & treatment modality
  2. Safety and cost-benefit analysis
  3. Side Effects of ECT
  4. Mortality and suicide rates
  5. Guidelines, audits and rating scales
  6. Attitudes and opinions
  7. Anaesthesia for ECT
  8. Side-effects of antidepressants
  9. Mechanisms of ECT action
  10. Other Physical Therapies