Electroconvulsive Therapy Use in Psychiatric Hospitalizations in Portugal: A Nationwide Descriptive Study

Conclusions In Portugal, most of the patients who received ECT were women above middle age, and depressive disorders were the most common indication. Portugal's iP% represents a low rate when compared with other European countries, which might indicate an underutilization of ECT in Portuguese psychiatric hospitals.
Source: The Journal of ECT - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research