NEW YORK (Reuters) -- It may conjure up frightful memories of scenes in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," but electroconvulsive therapy is actually a safe and cost-effective treatment for recurrent episodes of major depression, according to a new study. During electroconvulsive therapy, or EC...
This study could point to ways to improve electroshock therapy's effectiveness and safety, he added. In its 76-year history, the treatment has met with opposition from doctors because of concerns of its side effects, such asmemory loss. Ad Electroshock therapy is typically only used for patie...
Development of a new generation of medical devices that aim to modify mood and behavior by sending mild doses of electricity into the brain; Potential for these methods to transform treatment for a range of mental illnesses, including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic ...
摘要: A National Institutes of Health panel has given cautious endorsement to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment of last resort for some types of severe depression. See also (Science News, 6/22/85, p389, 2/3p)年份: 1985 ...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for depression, likely working by increasing aperiodic activity in the brain. Recent research provides insights into its mechanism, paving the way for improved mental health treatments and a better understanding of brain activity. ...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for major depression, but is also associated with characteristic cognitive side effects. Se... J Prudic,L Fitzsimons,MS Nobler,... - 《Neuropsychopharmacology Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology》 被引...
Yet despite this stigma, shock therapy – more properly known as electroconvulsive therapy or ECT – remains an accepted psychiatric treatment to this day, and has proven highly effective in cases of severe depression and bipolar disorder which have not responded to other treatments. But how was ...
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