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What is ECT machine?
An ECT machine is used to administer electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ECT machines are connected to electrodes placed on the patient's scalp and administer a current of electricity that runs between the electrodes and through the patient's brain (the patient is anesthetized). ECT is primarily used to treat severe clinical depression.
What does ECT help with?
While used to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders, it is most effective in the treatment of severe depression, and provides the most rapid relief currently available for this illness
Is ECT legal in the state of Texas for my 17 year old nephew with severe schizophrenia?
ECT isn't used for schizophrenia anymore, only in severe cases of depression
When is electroconvulsive therapy used?
When depression fails to respond to treatment or when there is a high risk of suicide, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) sometimes is used.
What treatment could be used for depression?
The treatments available are conventional, non-conventional such as homeopathy, etc
Do they still do shock treatment for depression?
Shock treatments are still done in cases of depression. However, they are implemented with much stricter guidelines than previously practiced. For a thorough review of the practice of shock treatment visit http://www.ect.org/news/sundtimes.html.
Does ECT work?
ECT often produces dramatic improvement in the signs and symptoms of major depression, especially in elderly individuals, sometimes during the first week of treatment.
Does ECT help OCD?
Yes apparently it will work, probably not that well though, having ECT's work best for people with depression, but it is also debated the only reason why ECT's work is because it makes you have temporary amnesia, which is not good, you could forget years of your life and possibly not get it back that is if you have more than 10, for ECT's to be effective would be if you have at least 10, but I personally think this is a useless tool and used for an excuse for people with psychosis in which there is nothing left to do, therapy and medication would be much more effective.
What does ECT mean?
ECT is Electroconvulsive therapy. Also known as electroshock, it is a type of psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electronically induced in patients who have been anesthetized. It is often used for patients experiencing severe depression. For more information, see the Related Link.
Can electricity be used to change the outlook of the brain?
Yes. The discipline is called electroconvulsive therapy, and (under proper medical supervision) can be used to treat mental disorders such as major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. The layman's term for it is electroshock therapy, but many practitioners avoid that term, considering it somewhat derogatory.
Is there any treatment for depression?
yes, the preferred and highly effective treatment is antidepressant drugs. If none of them is found to work and the depression continues to worsen than ECT is reliable.
What happens when people get electric shock therapy?
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure in which electric currents are passed through the brain, intentionally triggering a brief seizure. It is used to treat severe depression and other mental health conditions. Patients are under general anesthesia during the procedure to minimize discomfort, and side effects can include temporary memory loss and confusion.
