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Published on: April 11, 2019
Legislation Limiting Access to Electroconvulsive Therapy Is Increasing-A Call for Reasonable and Evidence-Based
Emily M Beydler1, Lauren M Katzell2, Joseph Dragonetti3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction:
There is an increasing body of legislation that limits access to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with a relative lack of directives and recommendations from psychiatrists regarding these laws.
Methods:
The authors utilized LexisNexis to examine newer legislation related to various aspects of ECT and the implications of these laws in ECT treatment.
Results:
These laws include regulations regarding informed consent, age restrictions, and approved practitioners. All but one of these enacted laws are restrictive.
Discussion:
Such laws reduce the availability of this life-saving treatment for patients, with little to no base in medical evidence, and in some cases, clear inaccuracies written by lawmakers with no medical training. This is a call for advocacy for laws to be based on medical facts to protect and reduce mortality for some of our most vulnerable patients.
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