Introduction of ECT in Cameroon: Case Series in JECT

Out on PubMed, from authors in Cameroon and Pennsylvania, in JECT, is this paper:

Introduction of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Cameroon.

Toguem MG, Ebuenyi ID.J ECT. 2025 May 1. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000001156. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40310084

The abstract is copied below:

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an essential component of clinical practice in psychiatry. Unfortunately, there remain many obstacles to its routine adoption. In Africa, the use of ECT remains limited, and to our knowledge, there is no documented use of ECT in Francophone Sub-Saharan African countries. This article shares our experience in establishing and providing ECT services at a center in Cameroon, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the only known ECT unit in Francophone Sub-Saharan African countries. We emphasize the need for governments and healthcare stakeholders to promote efforts to increase access to ECT in resource-limited settings.

Keywords: Cameroon; electroconvulsive therapy; low-resource settings; mental health.

A link to the paper is here:

https://journals.lww.com/ectjournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=9900&issue=00000&article=00297&type=Fulltext

And from the text:

Here is an interesting case series documenting the establishment of an ECT service in Cameroon. Kudos to these authors for sharing their efforts to bring a needed service to a resource-challenged area.