Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in New Zealand: What you and your family and whānau need to know
Date of publication (online): August 2009
Summary of publication
Every person for whom electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is
a treatment choice has the right to up-to-date information
about ECT in New Zealand. This consumer information pack provides
information and answers to the many questions someone considering ECT as a treatment choice, is likely to have about ECT.
The booklet contains information covering what individuals and their families and whānau need to know when considering ECT as a treatment choice. The booklet includes:
- what ECT is and why ECT is recommended as a treatment option;
- how ECT is thought to work;
- how a treatment of ECT is given and what you can expect including side effects;
- the informed consent process;
- considerations for older people, Maori, Pacific peoples, and Asian peoples; and
- treatments that may be alternative to ECT
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Publishing information
Date of publication (hard copy): July 2009
ISBN numbers: 978-0478-31915-6 (print), 978-0-478-31916-3 (online)
HP number: 4761
Citation: Ministry of Health. 2009. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in New Zealand: What you and your family and whānau need to know. Wellington: Ministry of Health
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