ECT in metropolitan New York hospitals: a survey of practice, 1975-1976.
Of New York psychiatric facilities surveyed, 83% used ECT. Five percent of patients in university and private nonprofit hospitals, less than 1% in public hospitals, and 21% in private for-profit hospitals received ECT. Practices and procedures were remarkably uniform, except that less than 17% of units used unilateral ECT. Training programs were minimal and unplanned. Differences in incidence of use result from staff training, public antipathy, and economic factors.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009518:New York; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education