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Effects of changes in practice of electroconvulsive therapy over a 2 year period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kate Trezise  and
Bill Conlon
Kate Trezise*
Affiliation:
Bushey Fields Hospital, Bushey Fields Road, Russells Hall Dudley, West Midlands DY1 2LZ
Bill Conlon
Affiliation:
Bushey Fields Hospital, Bushey Fields Road, Russells Hall Dudley, West Midlands DY1 2LZ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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The administration and outcome of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were studied retrospectively over two successive periods of 12 months, before and after replacement of our Ectron Series 5 ECT machine by a Thymatron DGx. It was found that using the Thymatron enabled the same outcome of ECT to be achieved, while administering significantly fewer treatments per patient. Possible explanations for this finding are discussed.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 10 - 12
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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