Open AccessPosition statement and guidelines on unmodified electroconvulsive therapy
Author(s) -
Chittaranjan Andrade,
Nilesh Shah,
Prathap Tharyan,
Madhusudan Reddy,
M Thirunavukarasu,
Roy Abraham Kallivayalil,
Ruchi Nagpal,
NK Bohra,
Akhilesh Sharma,
E. Mohandas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.99530
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , confusion , anxiety , adverse effect , position statement , psychiatry , medicine , set (abstract data type) , psychology , family medicine , pharmacology , cognition , computer science , psychoanalysis , programming language
In modern day psychiatric practice, it is assumed as a matter of fact that when electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is administered, it will be administered under anesthesia and with succinylcholine (or its equivalent) modification. Yet, as surveys indicate, there is considerable practice of unmodified ECT in developing countries and, to a small extent, in the developed world, as well.