Reduce stigma surrounding ECT — MHC
Reduce stigma surrounding ECT — MHC Some 395 ECT programmes, involving 3,124 individual treatments, were administered to 286 residents in 2019 The stigma surrounding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) needs to be addressed through open discussion and greater understanding, the Chief Executive of the Mental Health Commission (MHC) has said. John Farrelly was speaking as a new MHC report showed 395 programmes of ECT, comprising 3,124 individual treatments, were administered to 286 residents in Ireland in 2019. ECT is mostly used in patients with severe major depression, or a bipolar disorder, th...
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