Four courses of electroconvulsive therapy were administered to the woman at Royal Darwin Hospital. Four courses of electroconvulsive therapy were administered to the woman at Royal Darwin Hospital. A young Aboriginal woman received two rounds of electroconvulsive therapy at the Royal Darwin Hospital without the proper authorisation, according to a report from the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission. A young Aboriginal woman was not able to give informed consent to the four rounds of electroconvulsive therapy at the Royal Darwin Hospital The Health Complaints Commission has ruled two of the treatments were not authorised The Health Department has been urged to prioritise an update of the NT’s mental health legislation to remove any ambiguity about ECT treatment The patient — referred to as AB — received four courses of the controversial therapy over a period of eight days. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used to treat certain psychiatric conditions, […]