Psychiatrie Bulletin (1992), 16,272-273 Good practice in ECT

Hants Hospital, an Audit Committee of two consult ant psychiatrists and the three senior registrars working in the department meet every two to three weeks to plan and execute audit projects. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was felt to be an area of practice worth evaluating. It is frequently used and is one of our more potent and invasive treat ments. It had been noted that the rationale for giving ECT and the response and reason for stopping a course had, on some occasions, not been clearly documented. The study A two page questionnaire was compiled, the first part dealing with demographic, illness and treatment details and the second part examining specificaspect