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ECT On-Line:Some ECT links

NOTICE :

I am trying to limit links to pages that have own content, rather than more links. I have also removed links to manufacturers of ECT equipment, and reviews of the many text books on ECT that are available.

Links do break - if the same one doesn't work twice, let me know.

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement.

An extensive evidence base for information on ECT from 1985. http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/051/051_statement.htm This statement is available at various sites on the internet. An update has been issued which should also be consulted. http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/051/051_supplement.htm

WWW.ELECTROSHOCK.ORG

http://www.electroshock.org Max Fink edits this new ECT site which includes a great deal of information, especially from the USA perspective.

A neurologist on ECT

http://www.idiom.com/~drjohn/ect.html A neurologist's web site, John Friedberg delivers an anti-ect argument in an entertaining way.

Annihilation therapy: Historical account of ECT

Historical report with some survival statistics quoted. http://www.freedommag.org/english/la/issue02/page11.htm

An anonymous but full critique of ECT with references

Essential reading for the pro and anti ect lobby. From www.ect.org. http://www.ect.org/studies/research.html
A useful paper on memory effects by Juli Lawrence is on the same site at http://www.ect.org/studies/voices.html
The whole ect.org site which has a deceptively light presentation to it, given the subject matter is to found at http://www.ect.org

Introduction to ECT :Posted for National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

. http://www.medhelp.org/lib/ect.htm

A replacement for ECT?

UniSci Science and Research News article on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a replacement for ECT http://unisci.com/stories/0630983.htm

The association for Convulsive Therapy

. 'An international organization dedicated to promoting the safe, ethical, and effective use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)' http://www.act-ect.org/

American Psychiatric Association public information on ECT

(8 refs) http://www.psych.org/public_info/ECT~1.HTM And a link to the contents and a order form for the APA The American Psychiatric Association. Task Force Report on the Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Recommendations for Treatment, Training and Privileging. http://www.psych.org/clin_res/ect.html

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY BACKGROUND PAPER

Prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services. This is a very detailed overview of ECT with 52 references. Looks at histiry, legal issues, and feedback from representative groups. http://www.ect.org/studies/cmhs.html

The mechanism of ECT?

A paper about the possible mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on depression by Ishihara K, Sasa M http://www.biopsychiatry.com/5ht3.htm

An argued critique of the Surgeon General's Mental Health Report

Max Fink article on ECT from the Psychiatric Times

, April 1997 http://nami-nyc-metro.org/meds/moreect.html

Untoward Effects of ECT

A literature review by Moira Dolan, M.D. (27 refs) http://www.wildestcolts.com/mentalhealth/ect.html

Legal issues relating to ECT

in Australia http://hna.ffh.vic.gov.au/acmh/mh/patient_rights/electroconvulsive_therapy.htm

ECT information from The Mayo Foundation

for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9812/htm/ect.htm

Dealing with Depression Naturally (from chapter 32)

Cochrane review abstract: ECT and schizophrenia

P Tharyan, which finds some evidence to support it's use. http://www.cochrane.dk/cochrane/revabstr/ab000076.htm

Misinformation is fraud

Says the Support Coalition homepage which protests against what they see as misinformation and fraud when clients are being consented for ECT http://www.mindfreedom.org/electroshock/electroshock_node.html
This site also hosts a substantial article evaluating ECT in the The Washington Post, Tuesday, September 24 1996, including which gives both sides of the debate in a readable style. http://www.mindfreedom.org/electroshock/postshock.html

An anti-ECT article from EYE magazine

Good references and names of relevent organisations. Published in EYE (www.eyemag.com) http://www.eyemag.com/archive.shock.html

Citizens Commission on Human Rights

(Est Church of Scientology 1969) has here a 151 referenced article by M Chavin 1997 An anaesthesiologist. 'The shocking truth about ECT' http://www.cchr.org/ect/eng/page02.htm#1

Osgoode Hall Law Journal Abstracts on ECT

: Medical, Ethical and Legal Considerations of Electroconvulsive Therapy http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/osgoode/ohlj/abstracts/Ab_22_4_683.html

Shock Therapy for Depression (NEJM)

: HealthNews from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine. A brief (supportive) overview of ECT. http://onhealth.com/ch1/in-depth/item/item,2549_1_1.asp

An article on ECT by a lawyer Lawrence Stevens

called 'A Crime Against Humanity'. http://www.antipsychiatry.org/ect.htm

'Friends against psychiatry'

list their objections to ECT. http://www.banshock.org/

USA Today article on ECT

which describes the ways clients may find more information. http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/lhs204.htm

Historical background to ECT

putting it in context of chemical induced seziures and insulin coma 'therapy'. http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n04/historia/shock_i.htm

ECT factsheet from the National Mental health Association

http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/62.cfm

Shocked: 40000 volts of fun.

A colourful and superficially light look at ect from an oppositional viewpoint. http://www.ect.org/ Includes statistical information on outcome.

ECT: Sham Statistics, the Myth of Convulsive Therapy, and the Case for Consumer Misinformation

by Douglas G. Cameron http://www.ect.org/studies/Sham/cam.html Interesting article from Journal of Mind and Behaviour 1994 linking into the work by Squire on memory and ECT.

Description and discussion of ECT from www.schizophrenia.com

http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/ect1.html

Anaesthetic implications for ECT

http://www.anes.ccf.org:8080/PILOT/NEURO/ect.htm includes indications and contra-indications.

Canadian Psychiatric Association position on ECT

http://cpa.medical.org/pubs/papers/econvulsive.html A comprehenvie listing of indications, technique and historical information. 74 references.

Shock Is Useful Treatment, Not a National Issue

Ian M. Smith, M.D. Emeritus Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/IntMed/ABA30/1996/Shock.html

Collated antipsychiatry writings

from www.antipsychiatry.org including a lead article by a lawyer http://www.antipsychiatry.org/ect.htm

An abstract of a Cochrane review on the use of ECT in Schizophrenia

http://wwwsom.fmc.flinders.edu.au/fusa/cochrane/cochrane/revabstr/ab000076.htm

Two articles on the use of ECT in adolescents and children

1. (17refs) Max Fink http://www.mhsource.com/exclusive/pedect.html 2. Walter and Rey. Abstract J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1997, 36(6):809-815. http://www.aacap.org/journal/june/809.htm

A Science Oddesy: Electroshock Therapy

. A historical article on ECT http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dh38el.html

The Senate's position on ECT (Texas)

-Morris News Service http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/051097/senate.htm

Committee for Truth in Psychiatry

posts a lengthy description on ECT which (in my view) exaggerates the likely effect on memory. http://www.harborside.com/~equinox/ect.htm

Electroshock as head injury

. A long paper listing references that states that ECT is injurious to the brain. http://www.cjnetworks.com/~cgrandy/ecb/ctip_1991.html

Questions and Answers about ECT from Med Help International

, a not for profit 'Virtual Medical Center for Patients' - which lists the results of a question and answer session on ECT. http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/MentalHealth/archive/Electroconvulsive_Therapy_(ECT).html

A depression 'frequently asked questions' on ECT

the sort of questions raised by clients. http://www.psych.helsinki.fi/~janne/asdfaq/#ect

A client handout on ECT

from www.familydoctor.org http://familydoctor.org/handouts/058.html

Frequently asked questions about ECT

http://www.psych.helsinki.fi/~janne/asdfaq/

An balanced personal view of ECT

from someone who has had ECT and is weighing the advantages with the disadvantages. http://www.windsofchange.com/ect.html

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ECT On-Line:An ECT training program (IBM-PC Windows 3.1x and Windows95)

A few years ago I wrote a simple windows based tutorial with the intention of introducing the ECT department to completely inexperience nursing and medical staff. It grew a bit from there - but hasn't kept up and has gotten a little crinkly around the edges (the next version is in HTML). The package is still available for downloading if you click on the following link. It is freeware and may be circulated so long as it is unmodified. I have been asked if it it Y2K (millenium bug) proof. Well, 'my' code is - but you will have to ask Microsoft if Visual Basic 3 is... if you dare

ECT tutorial review

http://you.genie.co.uk/carl.littlejohns/psych/ectwin56.exe

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