Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Dec 2017
Low medical morbidity and mortality after acute courses of electroconvulsive therapy in a population-based sample.
To determine event rates for specific medical events and mortality among individuals receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ⋯ Morbidity and mortality events after ECT treatments were relatively low, supporting ECT as a low-risk medical procedure.