Ilya Demchenko, Vanessa K Tassone, Sarah Dunnett, Arpana Balachandar, Sophie Li, Melanie Anderson, Zafiris J Daskalakis, Karen Foley, Keyvan Karkouti, Sidney H Kennedy, Karim S Ladha, Jamie Robertson, Alon Vaisman, David Koczerginski, Sagar V Parikh, Daniel M Blumberger, Alastair J Flint, Venkat Bhat
BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedural treatment that is potentially life-saving for some patients with severe psychiatric illness. At the start of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ECT practice was remarkably disrupted, putting vulnerable individuals at increased risk of symptom exacerbation and death by suicide. This study aimed to capture the self-reported experiences of psychiatrists based at healthcare facilities across Canadian provinces who were delivering ECT treatments during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (i...
May 10, 2023: BMC Psychiatry