Shock Therapy Rebounds at HCMC

Shock therapy rebounds at HCMC

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Advocates say the side effects — headaches and some memory loss — are a small price to pay for a success rate that can be as high as 70 to 80 percent for cases of uncomplicated but severe depression that fail to respond to other treatment. Critics …
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'Electric shock' therapy explained?

Filed under: shock treatment for depression

The researchers report that ECT has been used to treat severe depression for more than 70 years and that it is the most potent and rapidly acting antidepressant treatment for the condition. However, it does require administration of a general …
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Depression therapy still developing

Filed under: shock treatment for depression

DEAR READER: For most of the past century, the main treatments for major depression have been various forms of “talk therapy” and anti-depressant medicines. The primary exception was electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT (also known as shock therapy).
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Negative Portrayal of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Movies – Many have a negative image of ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, from the 1975 movie One Flew Over The Cukoos Nest. HealthyPlace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft, says that is not an accurate portrayal of ECT today. Shock Treatment for Depression: How ECT Shock Therapy Works www.healthyplace.com ECT Stories: Personal Stories of ECT www.healthyplace.com