TY - JOUR
T1 - Shock tactics', ethics and fear
T2 - An academic and personal perspective on the case against electroconvulsive therapy
AU - Gergel, Tania
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (grant number 203376/Z/16/Z).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
PY - 2021/10/12
Y1 - 2021/10/12
N2 - Despite extensive evidence for its effectiveness, electroconvulsive therapy remains the subject of fierce opposition from those contesting its benefits and claiming extreme harms. Alongside some reflections on my experiences of this treatment, I examine the case against electroconvulsive therapy and find that it appears to rest primarily on unsubstantiated claims about major ethical violations, rather than clinical factors such as effectiveness and risk.
AB - Despite extensive evidence for its effectiveness, electroconvulsive therapy remains the subject of fierce opposition from those contesting its benefits and claiming extreme harms. Alongside some reflections on my experiences of this treatment, I examine the case against electroconvulsive therapy and find that it appears to rest primarily on unsubstantiated claims about major ethical violations, rather than clinical factors such as effectiveness and risk.
KW - bipolar affective disorders
KW - depressive disorders
KW - electroconvulsive therapy
KW - ethics
KW - psychiatry and law
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117176463&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1192/bjp.2021.116
DO - 10.1192/bjp.2021.116
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117176463
SN - 0007-1250
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
ER -