P.2.g.014 Practical issues of electroconvulsive therapy in Slovakia

Use of electroconvulsive therapy in the Baltic states

“…While the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been investigated in most Western European (Andersson and Bolwig 2002;Verwey et al 2005;Bertolin-Guill é n et al 2006;Sienaert et al 2006;Bickerton et al 2009;Schweder et al 2011;Loh et al 2012) and several Central/Eastern European countries (Gazdag et al 2004(Gazdag et al , 2009Dragasek et al 2008;Hranov et al 2012), nothing is known about its use in the Baltic states. These countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which are located on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, were annexed by the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1991, and regained their independence in 1991.…”