Medical Xpress on MSN: Why electroconvulsive therapy remains contested: Families report memory loss, worse quality of life and limited benefits
Why electroconvulsive therapy remains contested: Families report memory loss, worse quality of life and limited benefits
UUHC Health Feed: Electroconvulsive Therapy: Life Changing Treatment for Patients Living with Severe Mental Illness
Electroconvulsive Therapy: Life Changing Treatment for Patients Living with Severe Mental Illness
Although ECT still may cause some side effects, it now uses electric currents given in a controlled setting to get the most benefit with the fewest possible risks.
Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, is a medical treatment for certain mental health conditions that don’t respond well to medications or other treatments. It involves applying a small electrical stimulus to your brain to trigger a brief, controlled seizure.
ECT is a medical procedure in which an electrical current is used to trigger a controlled seizure. The procedure is used to treat severe depression and other mental health conditions including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and catatonia.
ECT is a non-invasive medical treatment that is most often used with individuals who have a serious mental illness, such as major depression or bipolar disorder. It’s performed under anesthesia and involves using small electric currents to trigger a brief, controlled seizure in the brain.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a brain stimulation therapy. It uses a mild electrical current to produce a brief seizure. Electrical stimulation causes chemical changes in the part of your brain that regulates mood and emotion.
ECT is one of the most effective treatments for severe depression, with approximately 80% of patients seeing significant improvement in their symptoms. It may be effective in the treatment of depression, mania, catatonia or psychosis that has been refractory to past medications.