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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

psychiatrist, he researched and discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy, a type of shock therapy for mental diseases. Kalinowsky, LB: Lucio Bini (September...

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

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

advanced technique. A severe beating by police in 1945 and years of electroconvulsive therapy treatments adversely impacted his mental health, but his recordings...

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

: pp. 89–96  Deep sleep therapy was also practiced (in combination with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and other therapies) by Dr Harry Bailey between...

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