Electroconvulsive Therapy in Sweden

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1979 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 134, pages 283-287 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: S O, Frederiksen; G, D'Elia;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.134.3.583

pmid: 509016

Electroconvulsive Therapy in Sweden

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Abstract

SummaryIn spite of a decrease in the number of electroconvulsive treatments (ECT) administered during the decade 1966–1975, ECT is still commonly used in Sweden. About 4 per cent of all patients admitted for psychiatric treatment during 1975 received ECT. Affective disorders and confusional states appear to be the main indications. Treatment is usually unilateral, with general anaesthesia and muscle relaxants, generally using the same type of ECT machine.

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University of Bergen
Norway

Keywords

Sweden, Humans, Electroconvulsive Therapy

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