Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or electroshock therapy (EST) is a psychiatric treatment during which a generalized seizure (without muscular convulsions)...

convulsive therapies (cardiazol/metrazol therapy and electroconvulsive therapy), deep sleep therapy, and psychosurgery. Insulin coma therapy and the convulsive...

self-neglect or a significant risk of harm to self or others. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be considered if other measures are not effective. Major...

This is a list of people treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Linda Andre, American author, activist, director of the Committee for Truth in...

atypical antipsychotic or tricyclic antidepressant monotherapy or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as the first-line treatment for unipolar psychotic depression...

was associated with reduced intensity of depression symptoms. Electroconvulsive therapy is generally only considered as a treatment option in severe cases...

after focus on the extreme harms associated with electroconvulsive therapy and insulin shock therapy. The term "anti-psychiatry" is in dispute and often...

researchers have cautioned against their long term use in treatment. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be considered for patients with schizoaffective disorder...

his books, he advocates replacing psychiatry's use of drugs and electroconvulsive therapy with psychotherapy, education, empathy, love, and broader human...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial therapy used to treat certain mental illnesses such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, depressed...

Association, et al. (Committee on Electroconvulsive Therapy) (2001). Weiner RD (ed.). The practice of electroconvulsive therapy: recommendations for treatment...

treatment of resistant infections in leukemia patients, the effect of electroconvulsive therapy on diabetes and the use of low voltage electrotherapy in the treatment...

of aversive conditioning. Two types of shock therapy are currently practiced: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), in which a seizure is induced in the brain...

benzodiazepines, lithium, and antipsychotics, as well as procedures such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In some cases where pregnant women have a known history...

Massachusetts. In 2006, her book Shock revealed that she had undergone electroconvulsive therapy treatment beginning in 2001 in order to treat major depression...

electroconvulsive therapy, antipsychotics and historical procedures like the lobotomy: 28  and other forms of psychosurgery or insulin shock therapy,...

created a special therapy, xingnao ("brain-waking") therapy, to treat Internet addiction. As part of the therapy, electroconvulsive therapy is implemented...

of "psychic driving", as well as drug-induced sleep, intensive electroconvulsive therapy, sensory deprivation and Thorazine. The experiments were conducted...

Harold A. Sackeim is an American psychologist and electroconvulsive therapy researcher. He has been Chief of the Department of Biological Psychiatry at...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, in the past sometimes called electric convulsion therapy, convulsion treatment or electroplexy) is a controversial psychiatric...

for catatonia, which is loss of or hyperactive motor activity. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) have been used to treat cases of catatonia and related conditions...

in treating symptoms of melancholic depression after 12 weeks. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was previously believed to be an effective treatment for...

psychiatrist who advocated and practiced a highly controversial form of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) without anesthesia or muscle relaxants as a cure for video...

nurses are also involved in the administration of the treatment of electroconvulsive therapy and assist with the preparation and recovery from the treatment...

disorders include medication, psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and electroconvulsive therapy. Medication is the cornerstone of treatment for both bipolar disorder...

using different forms of electrical induction. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), used as a depression therapy, can cause impairments in memory. Tests show...

who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used...

Exercise has also been shown to have antidepressant effects. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may have some effectiveness in mixed mania states, and good...

treated in the previous five years with intensive courses of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). These children received ECT daily for a typical course...

and measures to prevent the development of pressure ulcers. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for catatonia that is well acknowledged...