A Model for the Development of a Specialist ect Service in a Rural Setting

Australian and US Responses to Electroconvulsive Therapy Dosage Selection

“…In Victoria, Australia, a Director of ECT must be trained and appointed to each area mental health service that administers ECT; their responsibility being to ensure that appropriate standards are met. As has been discussed elsewhere, a team approach has been found to be particularly helpful and avoids problems of individual cred­entialling when in reality a team is involved in the administration of ECT [20].…”

Building an ECT Service: An Outcomes-Equivalent Approach

“…Developing a team approach to ECT is discussed in detail elsewhere. [20] It is important because it signals the special responsibilities that are associated with this treatment. The prescribing psychiatrist does not function in isolation from his or her treatment colleagues.…”

Building an ECT service: an outcomes-equivalent approach

“…Developing a team approach to ECT is discussed in detail elsewhere 20 . It is important because it signals the special responsibilities that are associated with this treatment.…”