Key result
A 1942 survey reports electro-convulsive therapy adoption in 42% of US mental hospitals.
Design
Review
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Provides no basis for practice change; extends archival data on early US ECT adoption patterns.
Kauntze et al. (1948) conducted a review in Mental illness (schizophrenia, manic-depressive states, involutional melancholia, psychoneuroses). Electro-convulsive therapy was evaluated. A 1942 survey reported the use of electro-convulsive therapy in 42% of mental hospitals and 2-3% of all mental hospital patients in the United States.
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