Sudarshan ChawlaUWA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, Perth, Australia;Fremantle, Hospital, Fremantle, Australia;John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.International Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryAlmeida OP, Barclay L, Chawla S. ECT is effective in treat- ing depression in later life, but how ...
Many people think that depression has one specific and obvious cause or that symptoms of depression are limited to sadness. However, it's not so simple. While there is not a singular cause for depression, depression can be caused by many things. As we learn more about the condition and the...
"For all the debate surrounding ECT, it is one of the most effective treatments not just in psychiatry but in the whole of medicine, because 75 percent to 85 percent of patients recover from the symptoms." But there are side effects. People who undergo ECT may experience temporary memory lo...
The recognition and treatment of depression is a challenging area of clinical practice, especially in primary care where there are many patients with vario... H Lester,A Howe - 《Postgraduate Medical Journal》 被引量: 33发表: 2008年 How effective is integrated care for community-dwelling frail...
ketamine for Severe Depression Ketamine has become a common alternative to ECT. Ketamine is a medication that is often used to treat severe depression. It works by blocking certain receptors in the brain, which helps to improve symptoms of depression, reduces pain, improves your mood, and helps...
ECT has been shown highly effective in relieving major and severe depression. Some studies show that 8 out of 10 people living with severe depression see substantial improvement after ECT treatment. Neurofeedback: Neurofeedback, also known as EEG or Neurotherapy, has been proven to be a ...
Researchers used functionalMRI scansto look atbrain activityin nine adults withsevere depressionbefore and after electroshock therapy. The investigators found that electroshock, or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), dampens the connections between different areas of the brain in depressed people. ...
So-called "refractory depression"—depression that does not respond to antidepressants or talk therapy—can be effectively treated withelectroconvulsive therapy(ECT). But ECT is fairly invasive, sending bolts of electricity through the skull and into the brain. With TMS, an electrical change in the...
ECT:Electroconvulsive therapy was originally used to treat schizophrenia, before it was shown between the 1960s-‘80s to be even more effective in treating mood disorders, depression in particular. As a result, it is presently primarily used to treat this condition. ...
COMPARISON BETWEEN DEXMEDETOMIDINE AND ESMOLOL AS EFFECTIVE PRETREATMENT REGIMENS ON ATTENUATION OF HAEMODYNAMIC PARAMETRES DURING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY Background: Modified Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) under anesthesia is an important modality in the treatment of severe persistent depression, bipolar di....