A Focus Group Study of Indian Psychiatrists' Views on Electroconvulsive Therapy under India's Mental Healthcare Act 2017: ‘The Ground Reality is Different’

BACKGROUND: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) greatly restricts the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in minors and bans unmodified ECT. Indian psychiatrists have raised concerns that these measures may deprive certain patients of life-saving treatment. This study describes the pe...

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Autores principales: Duffy, Richard M., Gulati, Gautam, Paralikar, Vasudeo, Kasar, Niket, Goyal, Nishant, Desousa, Avinash, Kelly, Brendan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31772436
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_247_19

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