Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Referral Workshop for Depression: Assessing Patients and Addressing Stigma.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an important somatic treatment in psychiatry with well-defined indications, strong evidence for a quick response, and established efficacy. Despite the benefits of ECT, it is underutilized and inequitably accessed by patients in the United States. Patient and provider lack of knowledge, misinformation, and negative attitudes perpetuated by bias and stigma towards ECT can be significant barriers to patients receiving ECT.

Methods

We created a workshop to address these issues with Kern's six-step approach, using the affective context learning theory as a conceptual framework. Based on a literature review and ECT physician researcher expertise, we taught the 90-minute workshop to 50 psychiatry and other behavioral health trainees

SUBMITTER: Haynes W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11811188 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature