This information was produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Public Engagement Editorial Board (PEEB). It reflects the best available evidence at the time of writing.
Expert review and contributors:

• Committee on ECT and Related Treatments
• Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
• Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN)
• Professor Wendy Burn, Immediate Past President and Chair of PEEB