Electroconvulsive Therapy given five times in 2015 without consentSUPPLIED Nurses at Porirua Hospital were given training in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in 1956 in what was a new and somewhat experimental treatment for mental illness. More than 200 people were given the controversial treatment Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in 2015 – five of them after refusing consent. C MACKENZIE/SUPPLIED Hastings woman Anna Natusch worked at Lake Alice Hospital in 1976 and saw Electroconvulsive Therapy performed on children there. Figures provided in the Office of the Director of Mental Health annual report for 2015 reveal that in total 2295 treatments were administered nationwide that year. Another five, who had the capacity to consent but refused the treatment, were given it against their will.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2016 04:31 UTC