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An Evaluation of Electroplexy (E.C.T.) Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. C. Barker  and
J. G. Thorpe
J. C. Barker
Affiliation:
Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
J. G. Thorpe
Affiliation:
Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
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The court hearing (Bolam v. Friern Hospital Management Committee) showed that British psychiatrists disagreed about the best technique of administering electroplexy. The implications of this were discussed in a recent communication (1), which also contained an extensive review of the literature showing a similar disagreement amongst previous authorities. In order to ascertain which E.C.T. techniques were most widely practised in this country, a questionnaire was circulated to a number of mental and teaching hospitals and the results of this, which were reported in full (1, 3), are summarized in Table I.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 106 , Issue 445 , October 1960 , pp. 1347 - 1360
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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