Random Controlled Trial of Sham Electroconvulsive Therapy and Other Novel Therapies: Historical Notes

J ECT. 2021 Sep 1;37(3):150-151. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000759.

Abstract

Critics of electroconvulsive therapy argue that the treatment's efficacy is unproven by random controlled trial comparisons with sham treatments. Their reviews fail to consider sham and random controlled trial studies completed in 1950s, the data republished here.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Electroconvulsive Therapy*
  • Humans