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Model for ethical triaging of electroconvulsive therapy patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.


ABSTRACT: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an essential treatment for severe mental illnesses such as depression with suicidality and catatonia. However, its availability is being threatened by resource limitations and infection concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This may necessitate the triage of patients for ECT but there is no established ethical framework to prioritise patients. We offer an application of an ethical framework for use of scare medical resources in the ECT setting.

SUBMITTER: Tor PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492578 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Model for ethical triaging of electroconvulsive therapy patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tor Phern-Chern PC   Tan Jacinta J   Loo Colleen C  

BJPsych bulletin 20210601 3


Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an essential treatment for severe mental illnesses such as depression with suicidality and catatonia. However, its availability is being threatened by resource limitations and infection concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This may necessitate the triage of patients for ECT but there is no established ethical framework to prioritise patients. We offer an application of an ethical framework for use of scare medical resources in the ECT setting. ...[more]

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