Since mid-1993, all ECT treatments performed in the state of Texas (except for United States
government hospitals) must be reported every quarter to the Texas Department of Mental …

Abstract The Texas Legislature in 1993 mandated a quarterly reporting requirement for
hospitals and physicians performing electronvulsive therapy (ECT) in the state (United …

Since 1993, Texas law has required that all deaths that occur within 14 days of
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) be reported to the Texas Department of Mental Health and …

In 1982, the city of Berkeley, California voted to make the use of electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT) a crime. Though later overturned, this ordinance generated much publicity and …

Sixty-seven psychiatrists who were employed in state hospitals in Texas were surveyed
about their attitudes toward use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the laws and …

The American Psychiatric Association survey concerning electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
was repeated with Indiana psychiatrists. The results indicated that these psychiatrists …

The sixty-five California hospitals administering electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) during
1984 were surveyed regarding ECT practices to develop data on the community standard of …

All 184 member hospitals of the National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals
(NAPPH) were sent a specially designed 19-item questionnaire regarding their use of …

The clinical characteristics of 100 consecutive cases of ECT in a state mental hospital were
surveyed. The medico-legal implications with regards to indications for and consent to ECT …

These recommendations for clinical practice are taken from the report of the American
Psychiatric Association Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy, approved by the Trustees …