title: Views about treatment among parents of adolescents who received electroconvulsive therapy.
abstract: The study assessed the experience, knowledge, and attitudes of parents of adolescents who had been treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) about that treatment. Twenty-eight parents were interviewed. Overall, their opinions about ECT were favorable. Seventeen of 28 parents thought that ECT had been helpful. If ECT was recommended by a doctor, the vast majority of parents would support a decision for their child to have the treatment again and would advise others to consider it.
authors.affiliation: Inpatient Unit, Rivendell, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia. gwalter@mail.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koster
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009517:New South Wales; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations