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| Title |
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from the patient's perspective
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Medical Ethics, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1136/medethics-2012-101195 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Julie K Hersh |
| Abstract |
This is a response to Dr Charlotte Rosalind Blease's paper 'Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), the Placebo Effect and Informed Consent', written by Julie K. Hersh who has had ECT. Hersh argues that placebo effect is impossible to prove without endangering the lives of participants in the study. In addition, informing potential ECT patients of unproven placebo effect could discourage patients from using a procedure that from experience has proven highly effective. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 16% |
| Germany | 2 | 11% |
| Australia | 2 | 11% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 5 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 68% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 59 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 14 | 24% |
| Unknown | 6 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 34% |
| Psychology | 16 | 27% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2013.
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#2,319,709
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#974
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#23,466
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#6
of 52 outputs
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