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ArticleJournal of psychology, neuropsychiatric disorders and brain stimulation2016

Is Conduct of Research in Electroconvulsive Therapy Ethical?

N A Youssef, W V McCall

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Article in Journal of psychology, neuropsychiatric disorders and brain stimulation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N A YoussefDepartment of Psychiatry & Health Behavior, The Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
W V McCallDepartment of Psychiatry & Health Behavior, The Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Augusta University · US

Funding

2/8-Prolonging Remission in Depressed Elderly (PRIDE)U01MH084241 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WEINER, RICHARD D. · 2009 to 2013
$2.1M
1/3-Reducing Suicial Ideation Through Insomnia Treatment (REST-IT)R01MH095776 · NIMH · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI MCCALL, WILLIAM VAUGHN · 2012 to 2016
$1.2M
7/8-Prolonging Remission in Depressed Elderly (PRIDE)U01MH086127 · NIMH · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MCCALL, WILLIAM VAUGHN · 2009 to 2013
$1.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH095776NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH084241NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH086127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionControversy surrounding ECT creates skepticism about the ethics of conducting ECT research. This paper discusses the ethical conduct of clinical research and then focus on the ethics as applied to ECT.

methodsPubMed was searched for articles related to the ethical conduct of research and that of ECT research published in English.

resultsECT research is ethically justified and should always continue to be conducted with the highest ethical standards. ECT research entails few ethical peculiarities such as involving multiple sessions were capacity to consent can change. It would be unethical not to conduct ECT research.

conclusionECT research must be based on sound hypotheses in the presence of a clinical equipoise in well-designed studies. ECT studies must select a fair and non-biased sample of participants. It is important that participants represent the broad population of the people that would be receiving ECT for that specific indication. ECT research is ethical; and more research in this field could help decrease stigma and barriers to treatment, and/or reduce side effects and improve efficacy of a potentially life-saving intervention.

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Electroconvulsive TherapyEquipoiseMisconceptionsRisk-Benefit Ratio

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PMID28936488
PMCPMC5604863
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