The stigma and the enigma of ECT

Wilkinson, David; Daoud, Janet

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(1998120)13:12<833::aid-gps884>3.0.co;2-r

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“…Despite this, controversy surrounding the use of ECT persists in both popular culture and the medical profession [7]. Negative attitudes towards ECT might be attributed to a combination of inconsistent standards surrounding patient information and consent processes [8,9], misinformation [10] and negative media portrayals [11][12][13], rather than the experience of treatment itself [3,4,14]. In the majority of cases, patients who have undergone ECT report positive attitudes towards the treatment [8,[14][15][16][17].…”

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“…Negative portrayal of ECT, such as the books and films: 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Any Angel at my Table', remain influential on people's opinions. A review of all films featuring ECT reported that films have become progressively more negative about ECT, portraying it as cruel, brutal, harmful, and abusive with little therapeutic benefit [10]. There are also many internet sites falsely proclaiming negative aspects related to ECT [10].…”

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“…It is not therefore easy for people to discern the truth. This can create stigma for individuals undergoing ECT, possibly leading to discrimination [10]. Misrepresentation of ECT is potentially harmful on a number of levels: dissuading healthcare professionals from prescribing ECT to patients who might benefit and preventing patients from considering ECT as an option to discuss with their physician.…”

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Patient Reported Experience of Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)

Griffiths¹,

OAcAANeill-Kerr²,

Thompson³

2018

Neuropsychiatry

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Objective Negative attitudes towards Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) persist, despite the evidence of its clinical efficacy and benefits. This is partially due to negative media portrayals, inaccurate information and prohibitive consent processes. The aim of this study is to review patient ECT experience literature and report patients' perspective of their ECT experience. Methods A patient data and insight platform was employed to gain patient satisfaction and patient feedback statements of their experiences of ECT in an UK National Health Service (NHS) provider. Results Patients feel well informed, involved in decisions made about them, treated with dignity and respect, and treated well by the staff; and almost all patients would recommend the hospital delivering ECT. Findings show that interactions with staff have a positive effect on patient satisfaction and experience. Patients describe how ECT gave them their lives back again and prevented suicide attempts. Conclusion The study highlights the importance to patient's satisfaction and experience of staff's engagement, relaying information, friendliness, support, and compassion. The results provide information to both patients and prescribers regarding patient's experience of ECT. It is important to acknowledge that the patient experience of ECT literature identifies that patients frequently report memory loss.

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Patient Reported Experience of Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)

Griffiths¹,

OAcAANeill-Kerr²,

Thompson³

2018

Neuropsychiatry

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“…In general, everyone who comes into close contact with the mentally ill, such as mental health support groups and even mental health professionals [4, 13, 19, 20], suffers from their own type of public stigma. For example, a psychiatrist's authority has been considered inferior to other medical experts, so patients often ignore their advice and, therefore, they frequently appear ineffective [21]. …”

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Strategies to Fight Stigma toward People with Mental Disorders: Perspectives from Different Stakeholders

Corbière

Samson

Villotti

et al. 2012

The Scientific World Journal

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This study aims to provide a more complete and exhaustive perspective on the whole range of potential strategies to fight stigma by considering the perspectives of different stakeholders. Delegates to a Canadian conference were invited to participate in a survey that focused on stigma, from which the responses to the following question were analyzed: tell us briefly what you do to reduce prejudice and stigma toward people with a diagnosis of mental disorder? From 253 participants, 15 categories of strategies to fight stigma were identified from the verbatim (e.g., sharing/encouraging disclosure). These categories fell under six main themes: education, contact, protestation, person centered, working on recovery and social inclusion, and reflexive consciousness. The occurrence of these themes was different among stakeholders (clinical, organizational, and experiential knowledge). For example, people with mental disorders (experiential knowledge) often mentioned contact and person centered strategies, while mental health professionals (clinical knowledge) preferred education and working on recovery and social inclusion strategies. The results from this study highlight the need to pay more attention to the concept of disclosure of mental disorders in the process for de-stigmatization. Future studies are needed to assess the impact of the emerging strategies to fight stigma in the community.

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“…Despite its efficacy and safety, ECT has sometimes received unfavorable coverage in the lay press. [10][11][12][13] In addition, even patients who have great confidence in their providers and in ECT often find the pre-ECT experience (ie, preparation for and anticipation of ECT and general anesthesia; NPO status) anxiety provoking. However, an important difference between patients about to receive ECT and others is that anxiolytic medications can be used more freely in non-ECT recipients because there is minimal concern about their potential anticonvulsant properties, whereas anticonvulsant anxiolytics are usually avoided in patients about to receive ECT.…”

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