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Chapter 27 - Safe ECT Practice in People with a Physical Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
Jonathan Waite
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

People with a wide range of physical illnesses are successfully treated with ECT (Tess & Smetana, 2009). Some medical problems may cause particular concern, especially cardiovascular and neurological problems.

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The ECT Handbook , pp. 247 - 253
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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