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Archives of Psychiatry Research : An International Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, Vol. 57 No. 2, 2021.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.20471/dec.2021.57.02.14

Electroconvulsive Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mislav Škrobo orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-505X ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croati
Vjekoslav Peitl orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-6411 ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Ante Silić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2840-8836 ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Matošić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5708-583X ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croati
Branka Vidrih ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Dalibor Karlović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-7240 ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

In March 2020, three months after the first cases surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan, WHO declared a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which by than had already spread through a great number of countries all over the world. In order to protect the health of healthcare workers and patients, activities and measures of disease prevention have been taken; in such circumstances, psychiatry found itself faced with various challenges, one of them being the preservation of the continuity of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with severe or refractory psychiatric disorders. Such patients are a priority and demand immediate treatment in hospital settings adapted to epidemiological circumstances. Having studied the instructions and recommendations of the competent authorities, as well as reviewing available literature, this paper presents the most important measures for the smooth performance of ECT in conditions associated with the COVID-19 disease.

Keywords

COVID-19; pandemics; electroconvulsive therapy

Hrčak ID:

258746

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/258746

Publication date:

1.6.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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