Open AccessDemographics of Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy Based on State-Mandated Reporting Data
Author(s) -
James Luccarelli,
Michael E. Henry,
Thomas H. McCoy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ect/the journal of ect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1533-4112
pISSN - 1095-0680
DOI - 10.1097/yct.0000000000000692
Subject(s) - demographics , electroconvulsive therapy , medicine , depression (economics) , medical record , psychiatry , demography , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment of depression and other psychiatric conditions. There are few comprehensive data on how many patients receive ECT in the United States or about the demographics of ECT recipients. This study characterizes the demographics of those receiving ECT and how these demographics may have changed with time.