Audit uncovers concerns about the use of electroconvulsive therapy in England
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) continues to be used in England without comprehensive national auditing. In a new Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice study, experts recommend that national audits of ECT be reinstated, and they call for an investigation into why ECT is still excessively administered to older people and women.