Administration of Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) in approved Centres

MHC collects demographic and clinical data in relation to the administration of ECT in approved centres nationally.

Purpose: The Commission was established in 2002. They are an independent body and their functions are set out by law in the Mental Health Act 2001. Their main functions are to promote, encourage and foster high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services and to protect the interests of patients who are involuntarily admitted. The Mental Health Commission is responsible for regulating and monitoring mental health services. Data on the administration of ECT are collected in acco

Coverage: National: All approved centres that administer ECT or refer a person to another approved centre for ECT treatment.

Collection started 01/01/2008 and is ongoing.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Additional Info

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Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
Mental Health Commission
Email
data@mental-health-commis.ie
Identifier
Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Mental Health Commission
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
Identifier
Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 2008
Modification date October 25, 2023
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0003
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL
Provenance

Data are extracted from registers in approved centres and submitted on a secure online system by clinicians or administrative staff with an individual user account. The secure online system is operated by MHC staff who also have individual user accounts.

Data collection occurs when information is submitted to MHC by clinicians or administrative staff in approved centres.

Staff in approved centres are required to submit this data within 7 days of the completion of the ECT programme.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 2008
End
March 21, 2026
Temporal resolution
Spatial coverage
Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
Geometry
Bounding Box
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Spatial resolution in meters
Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/PUBLIC
Other identifier
Theme
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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Has version
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Health category
  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/public-health
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/infectious-disease
Legal basis
Minimum typical age 15
Maximum typical age 85
Number of records 1375101
Number of records for unique individuals. 37306
Personal data
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Trusted Data Holder
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Health data access body
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