TY - JOUR
T1 - Representations of ECT in English-language film and television in the new millennium
AU - Matthews, Avery Madeleine
AU - Rosenquist, Peter B.
AU - McCall, William Vaughn
PY - 2016/8/23
Y1 - 2016/8/23
N2 - Objective: The aim of the study was to survey the media landscape to determine whether visual depictions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are becoming more or less medically accurate in the new millennium. Method: English-language filmand television shows depicting ECTwere analyzed for patient demographics, administrator roles, indication, consent, anesthesia, paralytics, bite block, lead placement, electroencephalogram, and outcome. Results: Thirty-nine ECT scenes were viewed, and just 3 included all 5 essential tools of modern ECT: anesthesia, paralytic, electrodes, electroencephalogram, and a bite block. Conclusions: Media depictions of ECT do not reflect current practice. Too often, ECT is portrayed as a torture technique rather than an evidencedbased therapy, and even in a therapeutic setting, it is too often shown with outdated techniques.
AB - Objective: The aim of the study was to survey the media landscape to determine whether visual depictions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are becoming more or less medically accurate in the new millennium. Method: English-language filmand television shows depicting ECTwere analyzed for patient demographics, administrator roles, indication, consent, anesthesia, paralytics, bite block, lead placement, electroencephalogram, and outcome. Results: Thirty-nine ECT scenes were viewed, and just 3 included all 5 essential tools of modern ECT: anesthesia, paralytic, electrodes, electroencephalogram, and a bite block. Conclusions: Media depictions of ECT do not reflect current practice. Too often, ECT is portrayed as a torture technique rather than an evidencedbased therapy, and even in a therapeutic setting, it is too often shown with outdated techniques.
KW - ECT
KW - Electroconvulsive therapy
KW - Film
KW - Media
KW - Movies
KW - Stigma
KW - Television
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U2 - 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000312
DO - 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000312
M3 - Article
C2 - 27008331
AN - SCOPUS:84961393123
SN - 1095-0680
VL - 32
SP - 187
EP - 191
JO - Journal of ECT
JF - Journal of ECT
IS - 3
ER -