{"title":"Psychiatric medications are no more effective","authors":"R. Braithwaite","doi":"10.1192/PB.37.12.403","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Martin & Elworthy report that the biggest reason for prescribing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) less frequently than before is the perception among psychiatrists that ‘more effective medication’ now exists.[1][1] Unfortunately, the authors collude with this exaggerated view, claiming that ‘","PeriodicalId":89639,"journal":{"name":"The psychiatrist","volume":"41 1","pages":"403-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The psychiatrist","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1192/PB.37.12.403","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Martin & Elworthy report that the biggest reason for prescribing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) less frequently than before is the perception among psychiatrists that ‘more effective medication’ now exists.[1][1] Unfortunately, the authors collude with this exaggerated view, claiming that ‘