Convuls Ther. 1985 ; 1(4): 234-241.

Electroconvulsive Therapy and Electric Acupuncture Convulsive Therapy in China.

Dingxiong H, Zhuosun L.

Xian Psychiatric Hospital, Xian, Shaanxi, China.

This essay presents briefly the historical development and the present condition of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and Electric Acupuncture Convulsive Therapy (EACT) in China. Written on the basis of internal published documents and materials concerning ECT and EACT since 1950 and the clinical experience and experimental research of the authors, it puts forward the authors' views of problems that remain in applying ECT.