Position statement and guidelines on unmodified electroconvulsive therapy | Zendy

Chittaranjan Andrade | Zendy; Nilesh Shah | Zendy; Prathap Tharyan | Zendy; M. V. S. Srikanth Reddy | Zendy; M Thirunavukarasu | Zendy; RA Kallivayalil | Zendy; Ruchi Nagpal | Zendy; NK Bohra | Zendy; Aman Sharma | Zendy; E. Mohandas | Zendy

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Position statement and guidelines on unmodified electroconvulsive therapy

Author(s) -

Chittaranjan Andrade,

Nilesh Shah,

Prathap Tharyan,

M. V. S. Srikanth Reddy,

M Thirunavukarasu,

RA Kallivayalil,

Ruchi Nagpal,

NK Bohra,

Aman Sharma,

E. Mohandas

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

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.

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