Survey evaluates perceptions of ECT benefits and harms in relatives and friends, implying the need for improved informed consent.
The responses of the relatives/friends are broadly similar to ECT recipients' responses to the same survey, reported elsewhere, which tends to support the accuracy of the ECT recipients' responses. ECT recipients and their families need a more detailed and accurate picture of possible benefits and harms if they are to give fully informed consent.
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