There are a few states that have imposed an age minimum, including Texas banning ECT for children under 16 and California banning it for children under 12, but ECT is regularly administered to adults and to children on a case-by-case basis in the United States. It is recommended that patients receiving ECT be given some sort of sedative for the procedure, but it is not required.
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