Book contents
- The ECT Handbook
- The ECT Handbook
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Place of ECT and Related Treatments in Contemporary UK Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Mechanism of Action of ECT
- Chapter 3 ECT in the Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4 ECT in Mania (and Mixed States)
- Chapter 5 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder Depression
- Chapter 6 ECT in Older Adults
- Chapter 7 ECT in People with an Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 8 ECT in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Chapter 9 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
- Chapter 10 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Chapter 11 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Catatonia
- Chapter 12 ECT in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Side-Effects of ECT
- Chapter 14 Non-cognitive Adverse Effects of ECT
- Chapter 15 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Chapter 16 Neurosurgery for Mental Disorder
- Chapter 17 Ketamine for Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 18 The ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
- Chapter 19 The Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN)
- Chapter 20 Medical Training for Psychiatrists in ECT
- Chapter 21 Nursing Care of the Patient Receiving ECT and the Roles of the ECT Nurse
- Chapter 22 Practical Aspects of ECT
- Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Chapter 24 Dental Issues Related to ECT
- Chapter 25 Interactions between ECT and Prescribed Medication
- Chapter 26 Seizure Monitoring in ECT
- Chapter 27 Safe ECT Practice in People with a Physical Illness
- Chapter 28 Capacity, Consent and the Law
- Chapter 29 Patients’, Carers’ and the Public’s Perspectives on ECT and Related Treatments
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2019
- The ECT Handbook
- The ECT Handbook
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Place of ECT and Related Treatments in Contemporary UK Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Mechanism of Action of ECT
- Chapter 3 ECT in the Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4 ECT in Mania (and Mixed States)
- Chapter 5 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder Depression
- Chapter 6 ECT in Older Adults
- Chapter 7 ECT in People with an Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 8 ECT in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Chapter 9 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
- Chapter 10 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Chapter 11 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Catatonia
- Chapter 12 ECT in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Side-Effects of ECT
- Chapter 14 Non-cognitive Adverse Effects of ECT
- Chapter 15 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Chapter 16 Neurosurgery for Mental Disorder
- Chapter 17 Ketamine for Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 18 The ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
- Chapter 19 The Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN)
- Chapter 20 Medical Training for Psychiatrists in ECT
- Chapter 21 Nursing Care of the Patient Receiving ECT and the Roles of the ECT Nurse
- Chapter 22 Practical Aspects of ECT
- Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Chapter 24 Dental Issues Related to ECT
- Chapter 25 Interactions between ECT and Prescribed Medication
- Chapter 26 Seizure Monitoring in ECT
- Chapter 27 Safe ECT Practice in People with a Physical Illness
- Chapter 28 Capacity, Consent and the Law
- Chapter 29 Patients’, Carers’ and the Public’s Perspectives on ECT and Related Treatments
- Index
- References
Summary
The evidence base for the use of ECT in children and adolescents aged under 18 years (hereafter referred to as ‘paediatric ECT’) consists of individual case reports, case series and retrospective chart reviews, but no Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs). This limited evidence base alongside concerns about the effects of ECT on the developing brain may help explain the infrequent use of ECT by child and adolescent psychiatrists. This chapter provides a summary of the issues and considerations pertaining to use of paediatric ECT within the British Isles (United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland). Although legal aspects relating to ECT are covered in Chapter 28, some reference specific to paediatric use is made here.
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- The ECT Handbook , pp. 67 - 73Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019