Views about treatment among parents of adolescents who received electroconvulsive therapy

The study assessed the experience, knowledge, and attitudes of parents of a dolescents who had been treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) about that treatment. Twenty-eight parents were interviewed. Overall, their opini ons about ECT were favorable. Seventeen of 28 parents thought that ECT had been helpful. If ECT was recommended by a doctor, the vast majority of pare nts would support a decision for their child to have the treatment again an d would advise others to consider it.