Mental health · Explanation & counselling

Explaining ECT

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are an intern on an older adult mental health ward. Beryl Kingsley, 68, is a voluntary patient with severe depression. Two antidepressants have not helped and she is eating and drinking very little. The team has recommended ECT and she has capacity to decide.

  1. Take a focused history from Mrs Kingsley

  2. Explain ECT to Mrs Kingsley and begin the consent discussion

  • You do not need to examine the patient