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ECT has been shown to be the most effective treatment for severe depression. It would normally be offered if: several different medications have been tried, but have not helped the side-effects of antidepressants are too severe you have found ECT helpful in the past your life is in danger because you are not eating or drinking enough ...
19 de jul. de 2021 · Jul 19, 2021, 12:14 pm. MONDAY, July 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- "Shock" therapy often helps lift severe depression, but fear and stigma can deter patients from getting it. Now a large new study is confirming the treatment's safety. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as it's medically known, has been around for decades.
27 de oct. de 2020 · For several decades, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT or "shock therapy") was the gold standard for treatment-resistant depression. In fact, ECT is still considered to be the most potent and effective treatment for this condition, and it continues to be used regularly across the country.
Hace 5 días · ECT appeared on the Internet in 1995 after Juli underwent electroshock therapy for depression herself the year before and having what she says was a very bad result. I am a woman who was severely depressed (re-diagnosed as bipolar disorder during the ECT treatments) and had ECT in 1994. The electroshock therapy, according to my mother, lifted ...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, or electric shock treatment) is sometimes recommended if other treatments, including antidepressants, haven’t worked for severe depression. Although treatment for psychotic depression is usually very effective, people with the condition still need follow-up appointments with their treatment team so they can be ...
Shock Treatment for Depression. Shock treatment, or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is not a new way of treating depression. ECT treatments have become pretty commonplace in some areas. An ECT treatment is not the same as simply shocking someone when they display signs of depression. Rather, this form of therapy is reserved for treatment ...
1 de mar. de 2005 · Summary. ECT is used mainly in the treatment of severe depressive episodes. It involves the passage of an electric current across the head of a person to produce a convulsion. The treatment is painless, as the individual is given general anaesthetic and muscle relaxant before and during ECT. It is used when antidepressant medication has not ...
