Although ketamine did generally help patients, ECT had better results overall. Ketamine could be a viable treatment for people who cannot undergo ECT. The side effect profiles of the two treatments differed, with ECT more likely to cause headaches, muscle pain and memory loss, while ketamine was...
Electroshock treatment/electrical-stimulating treatment. (Treatment of Depression) (Mental and Emotional Health)Kornfield, Donald SMuskin, Philip R
In the mid-20th century, a standard treatment for severe depression was to attach electrodes to a patient’s skull and turn on the juice, running an electrical current through the brain that would cause a brief seizure – a process known a...
Electroconvulsive therapy has a great track record, but a bad reputation. The therapy is effective in up to 80% of patients who receive the treatment, most often for depression but occasionally for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. However, despite this high success rate, electroconvulsive therapy ...
The technique of eliciting convulsions by applying an electric current through the brain of a human or an experimental animal for a brief period by means of electrodes that are placed on the head; sometimes used as a treatment for severe mental depression. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific &...
Administration of electric current to the brain through electrodes placed on the head in order to induce seizure activity, used to treat certain psychiatric disorders, especially severe depression. Also called electroshock, electroshock therapy, shock therapy. American Heritage® Dictionary of the Engli...
56 、Electroshock therapy was administered as a punishment for violating any number of the center's rules.───电击疗法被该诊所当作任何违反该中心规定的行为的惩罚。 57 、electroshockproof───防电震 58 、Last month, the Health Ministry banned the use ofelectroshocktherapy as a treatment.──...
Electroshock therapy (ECT) has long suffered from a controversial and bizarre public image, a reputation that has effectively removed it as a treatment option for many patients. In Electroshock, Max Fink draws on 45 years of clinical and research experience to argue that ECT is now a safe, ...
Drugs that interfere with the normal progression of mitosis belong to the most successful chemotherapeutic compounds currently used for anti-cancer treatment. Classically, these drugs are represented by microtubule binding drugs that inhibit the function of the mitotic spindle, in order to halt the ...
Now she’s undergoing electroconvulsive therapy, a last-ditch treatment for severe depression that will attempt to shock her out of years of intractable symptoms. She lies on the gurney. The anesthesiologist is here now, the drugs flowing into her veins. Her last thought before the room goes ...