Durham J
Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1988 Dec;22(4):404-11. doi: 10.3109/00048678809161349.
Division 2 of Part X of the NSW Mental Health Act 1983 lays down a set of conditions which must be satisfied before electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be given. These provisions are too restrictive and would deny ECT to a considerable proportion of the patients who are most likely to benefit from it. For many of them it would be the only effective treatment. Principles which should govern the authorisation of ECT are proposed.
1983年《新南威尔士州精神健康法》第十部分第2条规定了一系列条件，在进行电休克治疗（ECT）之前必须满足这些条件。这些规定限制过多，会使相当一部分最可能从中受益的患者无法接受ECT治疗。对其中许多人来说，这将是唯一有效的治疗方法。本文提出了ECT授权应遵循的原则。
