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Research Article

Adverse psychological effects of ECT

Pages 69-85 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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Karen Wells, Nicola Hancock & Anne Honey. (2021) How Do People Perceive and Adapt to Any Consequences of Electro Convulsive Therapy on Their Daily Lives?. Community Mental Health Journal 58:6, pages 1049-1059.
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Robyn Bluhm, Emily Castillo, Eric D. Achtyes, Aaron M. McCright & Laura Y. Cabrera. (2021) They Affect the Person, but for Better or Worse? Perceptions of Electroceutical Interventions for Depression Among Psychiatrists, Patients, and the Public. Qualitative Health Research 31:13, pages 2542-2553.
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David González-Pando, Ana González-Menéndez, Víctor Aparicio-Basauri, César Luís Sanz de la Garza, José Esteban Torracchi-Carrasco & Marino Pérez-Álvarez. (2021) Ethical Implications of Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Review. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry 23:1, pages 25-38.
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Eun-Jeong Joo, Hee Cheol Kim, Seong Hoon Jeong, Seung Hyun Park, Nam Young Lee, Young Sook Choi, Yong Sik Kim & In Won Chung. (2021) Satisfaction Survey of Patients Toward Electroconvulsive Therapy. Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 60:2, pages 135.
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Karin Bacha, Terry Hanley & Laura Anne Winter. (2019) ‘Like a human being, I was an equal, I wasn't just a patient’: Service users’ perspectives on their experiences of relationships with staff in mental health services. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 93:2, pages 367-386.
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Caleb Heiberger. (2019) Electroconvulsive Therapy Intolerance. American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal 15:2, pages 10-12.
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John Read, Irving Kirsch & Laura McGrath. (2019) Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression: A Review of the Quality of ECT versus Sham ECT Trials and Meta-Analyses. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry 21:2, pages 64-103.
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Jonathan Waite. 2019. The ECT Handbook. The ECT Handbook 267 273 .
Patrick Seniuk. (2018) I’m shocked: informed consent in ECT and the phenomenological-self. Life Sciences, Society and Policy 14:1.
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Iben Sylvia Kring, Maria Daniella Bergholt & Julie Midtgaard. (2018) The perspectives of former recipients and experts on stigmatization related to electroconvulsive therapy in Denmark: A focus group study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 25:5-6, pages 358-367.
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Karen-Ann Clarke, Margaret Barnes & Dyann Ross. (2018) I had no other option: Women, electroconvulsive therapy, and informed consent. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 27:3, pages 1077-1085.
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Jasmien Obbels, Esmée Verwijk, Filip Bouckaert & Pascal Sienaert. (2017) ECT-Related Anxiety. The Journal of ECT 33:4, pages 229-236.
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M. Justin Coffey & Jonathan R. Stevens. (2016) Safe and Successful ECT in a Female-to-Male Transgender Individual With Major Depression. The Journal of ECT 32:3, pages e11-e12.
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John Breeding. (2016) Electroshock: On How and Why It Lingers on Long After Insulin Coma Shock and Lobotomy Are Gone. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry 18:1, pages 58-73.
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Alaa El Din M. Darweesh, Khaled A. Mohammed, Nadia E. Sayied & Nagat M. Khalifa. (2013) Assessment of knowledge and attitude about electroconvulsive therapy among caregivers of patients with different psychiatric disorders. Middle East Current Psychiatry 20:4, pages 205-215.
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Kari A Leiknes, Rigmor C Berg, Geir Smedslund, Lindy Jarosch-von Schweder, Simon Øverland, Karianne T Hammerstrøm & Bjørg Høie. (2011) Electroconvulsive therapy for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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Subho Chakrabarti, Sandeep Grover & Rajendra Rajagopal. (2010) Perceptions and Awareness of Electroconvulsive Therapy Among Patients and Their Families. The Journal of ECT 26:4, pages 317-322.
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John Read & Richard Bentall. (2011) The effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy: A literature review. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 19:4, pages 333-347.
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Anna Ingram, Michael M. Saling & Isaac Schweitzer. (2008) Cognitive Side Effects of Brief Pulse Electroconvulsive Therapy. The Journal of ECT 24:1, pages 3-9.
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Osman Virit, Duygu Ayar, Haluk Asuman Savas, Mehmet Yumru & Salih Selek. (2007) Patients' and Their Relatives' Attitudes Toward Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder. The Journal of ECT 23:4, pages 255-259.
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David H. Myers. (2007) A Questionnaire Study of Patients' Experience of Electroconvulsive Therapy. The Journal of ECT 23:3, pages 169-174.
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Peter Stevens & David J. Harper. (2007) Professional accounts of electroconvulsive therapy: A discourse analysis. Social Science & Medicine 64:7, pages 1475-1486.
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Maeve A. Mangaoang & Jim V. Lucey. (2018) Cognitive rehabilitation: assessment and treatment of persistent memory impairments following ECT. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 13:2, pages 90-100.
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Claire Hilton. (2007) An exploration of the patient's experience of electro-convulsive therapy in mid-twentieth century creative literature: A historical study with implications for practice today. Journal of Affective Disorders 97:1-3, pages 5-12.
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Lucy Johnstone & Hannah Frith. (2005) Discourse analysis and the experience of ECT. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 78:2, pages 189-203.
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Dana S. Rose, Til H. Wykes, Jonathan P. Bindman & Pete S. Fleischmann. (2018) Information, consent and perceived coercion: patients' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy. British Journal of Psychiatry 186:1, pages 54-59.
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