Psychological Medicine



Correspondence

To the Editor


MAX  FINK  c1

Abstract

In analysing the results of a survey of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) practice in Metropolitan New York community hospitals in 1997, Prudic et al. (2001) focus their attention on the psychological side-effects of ECT, and in so doing, ignore the reasons why ECT is given.


Correspondence:
c1 Address correspondence to: Professor Max Fink, PO Box 457, St James, NY 11780, USA.


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