Electroconvulsive therapy in Hong Kong: Rates of use, indications, and outcome

Journal of ECT

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-102

  Chung, Ka Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Practice variation; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE PRACTICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037607085     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200306000-00008     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Fink M. Convulsive therapy: a review of the first 55 years. J Affect Dis. 2001;63:1-15.
2. Prudic J, Olfson M, Sackeim HA. Electroconvulsive therapy practices in the community. Psychol Med. 2001;31:929-34.
3. Westphal JR, Rush J. A statewide survey of ECT policies and procedures. J ECT. 2000;16:279-86.
4. Hermann RC, Dorwart RA, Hoover CW, et al. Variation in ECT use in the United States. Am J Psychiatry. 1995;152:869-75.
5. Wennberg J, Gittelsohn A. Small area variations in health care delivery. Science. 1973;142:1102-8.
6. Hermann RC, Ettner SL, Dorwart RA, et al. Characteristics of psychiatrists who perform ECT. Am J Psychiatry. 1998;155:889-94.
7. Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Hong Kong Hospital Authority Annual Report 1997-2001. Hong Kong SAR: Hospital Authority, 2002.
8. Chung KF, Ng YK, Yiu GC, et al. Electroconvulsive therapy in Hong Kong. Psychiatr Bull. 2003;27:102-4.
9. Chen CN, Wong J, Lee N, et al. The Shatin community mental health survey in Hong Kong II. major findings. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1993;53:125-33.
10. Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department. Hong Kong Population figures 1997-2002. Hong Kong SAR: Census and Statistics Department, 2002.
11. World Health Organization. The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines. 10th ed. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1992.
12. Guy W. ECDEU Assessment Manual for Psychopharmacology. Rev. (DHEWpubl. No ADM-76-338). Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, 1976.
13. Duffett R, Siegert DR, Lelliott P. Electroconvulsive therapy in Wales. Psychiatr Bull. 1999;23:597-601.
14. Glen T, Scott AIF. Rates of electroconvulsive therapy use in Edinburgh (1992-1997). J Affect Dis. 1999;54:81-5.
15. Kramer BA. Use of ECT in California, revisited: 1984-1994. J ECT. 1999;15:245-51.
16. Sylvester AP, Mulsant BH, Roy Chengappa KN. et al. Use of electroconvulsive therapy in a state hospital: a 10-year review. J Clin Psychiatry. 2000;61:534-9.
17. Glen T, Scott AIF. Variation in rates of electroconvulsive therapy use among consultant teams in Edinburgh (1993-1996). J Affect Dis. 2000; 58:75-8.
18. Reid WH, Keller S, Leatherman M, et al. ECT in Texas: 19 months of mandatory reporting. J Clin Psychiatry. 1998;59:8-13.
19. Scarano VR, Felthous AR, Early TS. The state of electroconvulsive therapy in Texas. Part I: reported data on 41,660 ECT treatments in 5971 patients. J Forensic Sci. 2000;45:1197-202.
20. Shiwach RS, Reid WH, Carmody TJ. An analysis of reported deaths following electroconvulsive therapy in Texas, 1993-1998. Psychiatr Serv. 2001;52:1095-7.
21. Thompson JW, Weiner RD, Patrick Myers C. Use of ECT in the United States in 1975, 1980, and 1986. Am J Psychiatry. 1994;151:1657-61.
22. Rosenback ML, Hermann RC, Dorwart RA. Use of electroconvulsive therapy in the Medicare population between 1987 and 1992. Psychiatr Serv. 1997;12:1537-42.
23. Yip PSF, Chi I, Yu KK. An epidemiological profile of elderly suicides in Hong Kong. Int J Geriat Psychiatry. 1998;13:631-7.
24. Ho TP. Psychiatric care of suicides in Hong Kong. J Affect Dis. (in press)
25. Cattell H, Jolley DJ. One hundred cases of suicide in elderly people. Br J Psychiatry. 1995;166:451-7.
26. Harwood DMJ, Hawton K, Hope T, et al. Suicide in older people: mode of death, demographic factors, and medical contact before death. Int J Geriat Psychiatry. 2000;15:736-43.
27. Prudic J, Sackeim HA. Electroconvulsive therapy and suicide risk. J Clin Psychiatry. 1999;60(suppl 2):104-10.
28. Hermann RC, Ettner SL, Dorwart RA, et al. Diagnoses of patients treated with ECT: a comparison of evidence-based standards with reported use. Psychiatr Serv. 1999;50:1059-65.
29. Sackeim HA, Prudic J, Devanand DP, et al. A prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison of bilateral and right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy at different stimulus intensities. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2000;57:425-34.
30. Tecoult E, Nathan N. Morbidity in electroconvulsive therapy. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2001;18:511-8.