The FDA and ECT.
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The FDA should test the safety of ECT machines ∗
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the machines that deliver it have never been tested for safety and efficacy in order to receive approval from the FDA. The American Psychiatric Association and ECT advocates protested when the FDA took steps to classify the machines as posing “an unreasonable risk of illness or injury”, which would have required their testing before approval. Without requirin...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of ECT
دوره 32 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016