Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used as a treatment modality for psychotic
disorders from the times before the advent of pharmacological agents. However, introduction …

European countries was held in Leuven, Belgium on February 4 and 5, 2006. The purpose
of the meeting was to establish an association with the aim of uniting European practitioners …

Objectives Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a stigmatized treatment even among doctors.
This restrains the accessibility of ECT for patients in need of this treatment. In Germany, the …

IntroductionElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was first used in the United Kingdom in 1939.
Although its use has been declined for several decades, it is given to about 11,000 people a …

There are no rational reasons why electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) should not be subject to
the same criteria in its clinical application as any other treatment in medicine. Associations …

Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is widely used in the Anglophone world but much less in
the rest of the world. In some places, it is so severely restricted as to be a rarity; in others, it is …

IntroductionGiven the effectiveness and overall safety in several psychiatry conditions,
electroconvulsive therapy remains a widely used procedure in current medical practice …

Use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is influenced by the attitudes of the psychiatrists. The
aim of this pilot survey was to assess the knowledge about and attitudes toward ECT in …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which is among the oldest and most controversial
treatments in the field of psychiatry, has its 80 th birthday this year. In this brief historical …

In professional and popular publications, advocates for the use of electroconvulsive
treatment (ECT) take great pains to point out that ECT" has come a long way from its first …