title: Actual practice of ECT in a health region of Britain.
abstract: A field study of 14 treatment centres found broad agreement between clinical practice and the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Memorandum on the use of ECT. Differences in electrode placement and anaesthetic agents and a poor standard of safety and reliability in the electrical equipment was noted.
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D004566:Electrodes; D012449:Safety; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics