Electroshock or Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Chile
Critical diagnosis, social activism and human rights approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5317110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Carlos Cea-Madrid (0000-0001-7790-8138, Centro de Estudios Científicos), Juan Carlos Cea Madrid, Tatiana Castillo Parada (Centro de Estudios Científicos) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1521 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaderns de Psicologia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0211-3481 • E-ISSN: 2014-4520 |
| Publisher | Autonomous University of Barcelona (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.1521 |
| OpenAlex | W3081952551 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Electroshock or Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a controversial procedure from an ethical and scientific perspective. Organizations led by users and ex us-ers in the field of mental health have generated a public debate regarding its use, pointing out that it is a severely invasive procedure with harmful effects on the brain. In that context, this article critically reviews the use of this practice in the field of psychiatry. In addition, it describes an overview of the institutional framework in which Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is performed in Chile. Final-ly, it examines the fundamentals and implications of the perspective of human rights for a greater regulation or absolute prohibition of this procedure.
Context (archaeology) · Electroconvulsive therapy · Human rights · Mental health · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) · Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Treatment of Major Depression
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |