What is it about?
Racial disparities in the use of electroconvulsive therapy have been present for decades. This study racial inequities in ECT in a nationwide sample of patients after controlling for other demographic variables.
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American Psychiatric Association Editor, Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H. (Editor, Psychiatric Services) explains: "Notwithstanding the limited tools we have to measure the availability and accessibility of behavioral health services, we see evidence of inequitable access to services based on sociodemographic characteristics."
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This page is a summary of: Retrospective Cohort Study of Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of Electroconvulsive Therapy, 2016–2021, Psychiatric Services, August 2025, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240400.
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