A critique of narrative reviews of the evidence-base for ECT in depression

Meechan, C. F., Laws, K. R., Young, A. H., McLoughlin, D. M. and Jauhar, S. (2022) A critique of narrative reviews of the evidence-base for ECT in depression. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31: e10. ISSN 2045-7960
Copy

There has been recent debate regarding the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of depression. This has been based on narrative reviews that contradict existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. In this special article, we highlight the mistakes that occur when interpreting evidence using narrative reviews, as opposed to conventional systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Item Type Article
Additional information © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Keywords depression, electroconvulsive therapy, evidence-based medicine, meta-analysis, key words electroconvulsive therapy, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology
Date Deposited 15 May 2025 14:50
Last Modified 17 Jun 2025 04:14

Explore Further

picture_as_pdf
a_critique_of_narrative_reviews_of_the_evidence_base_for_ect_in_depression.pdf
subject
Published Version
Available under Creative Commons: BY 4.0
View Download

Atom BibTeX OpenURL ContextObject in Span OpenURL ContextObject Dublin Core MPEG-21 DIDL Data Cite XML EndNote HTML Citation METS MODS RIOXX2 XML Reference Manager Refer ASCII Citation
Export

Downloads