Administrative problems limiting electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy: administrative codes, legislation, and professional recommendations.

Government regulatory involvement in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is due to several factors, including patient advocate groups, prior abuse by psychiatrists, and a general trend of state authority to move into areas traditionally governed by medical authorities. Regardless of the specific reasons, ECT is both highly effective in the treatment of many psychiatric disorders and heavily regulat...

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Administrative Therapy

Recent improvements in the condition of British Cental hospitals and their patients have resulted from social action, informed by knowledge gained from social sciences and psychotherapy. The synthesis of these insights, and their realisation in the administration of a mental hospital, are described by Doctor David Clark as Administrative Therapy. His book is directed to the young psychiatrist b...

Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy.

(being a private hospital) where often the most difficult patients are admitted. The situation with restricted patients is differ ent. The RMO has no authority to discharge the patient, although the Home Office could be accused of passing the buck. It is unfair that administrative officers and clerks, hundreds of miles away at the Home Office, should make this decision for some of the most diff...

Relapse following electroconvulsive therapy.

BACKGROUND Irrespective of the treatment method used, there is a strong tendency to relapse into depression if treatment terminates. The purpose of this retrospective study is to investigate the relapse rate and the time elapsing before relapse after electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) and what was done to prevent this. MATERIAL AND METHOD The ECT records and case notes of patients who received...