University of East London writes
"Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), which is still administered to about a million people annually, is ineffective for its target demographic, according to a University of East London-led research review.
"Dr John Read, professor of clinical psychology at the University of East London and lead author of the study, was among 40 mental health professionals, researchers, ECT recipients and their family members, to sign a letter sent today to Peter Wyman, chair of the Care Quality Commission, calling for the immediate suspension of ECT throughout the NHS, “pending research to determine its efficacy and safety.”
"The letter, copied to ministers and the CEOs of all NHS Mental Health Trusts, is responding to the findings of the UEL-led study, ‘Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression: A Review of the Quality of ECT vs Sham ECT Trials and Meta-Analyses’, which was published recently in Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry.