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Electro-Convulsive Therapy

Volume 932: debated on Friday 27 May 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average number of electro-convulsive therapy treatments received by those patients for whom this treatment is prescribed.

Statistics of ECT treatments are not kept centrally. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the usual number of treatments is about six, though in some cases it may be necessary to give 12 or more over a period of several weeks.