title: [Collaboration between anesthesiologists and psychiatrists in the management of modified electroconvulsive therapy (mECT)].
abstract: The number of the patients with psychiatric disease is increasing. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare eventually added psychiatric disease to the conventional four major disorders making it fifth biggest illness in July, 2011. Since mECT is assuming a important role in the treatment of various psychiatric diseases, we have more cases in which anesthesia management is required. Anesthesiologists must collaborate with psychiatrists to perform safe ECT and understand indication, procedure and how to use the treatment device for ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo 156-0057.
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hikawa
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011570:Psychiatry