Abstract
Sir: Brookes et al ( Psychiatric Bulletin , September 2000, 24 , 329-330) report “a slight improvement in the proportion of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments considered therapeutic” following implementation of a dose titration protocol as recommended by the Royal College of
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Columns The CollegeSir: Brookes et al (Psychiatric Bulletin, September 2000, 24, 329--330) report`a slight improvement in the proportion of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments considered therapeutic'' following implementation of a dose titration protocol as recommended by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Sir: I read with interest the audit on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice (Brookes et al, Psychiatric Bulletin, September 2000, 24, 329^330) and would like to express my appreciation of this important piece of work
MRCPsych Part II examination: use of the written papers as a screening examination In December 1999 the Court of Electors agreed that, with effect from autumn 2001, the written papers in the MRCPsych Part II examination should act as a screening examination
Summary
Sir: Brookes et al (Psychiatric Bulletin, September 2000, 24, 329--330) report`a slight improvement in the proportion of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments considered therapeutic'' following implementation of a dose titration protocol as recommended by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Their interesting paper did not include a statistical analysis. ECT treatments where the fit duration was considered too short (under 20 seconds) did fall (from 79/213 cases, 37%, to 21/132 cases, 16%) and this result is highly statistically significant (w2=17.8, d.f.=1, P50.01, difference in proportions=21%, 95% confidence limits 12--30%).
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