electroconvulsive therapy

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Meaning

the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

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Following electroconvulsive therapy for depression, Plath made her first medically documented suicide attempt in late August 1953 by crawling under her house and taking her mother's sleeping pills. Source: Internet

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for catatonia. Source: Internet

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is administered worldwide typically for severe mental disorders. Source: Internet

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT or electric-shock therapy) has been used as treatment of the elderly, and register-studies suggest it is effective although less so among the elderly than among the rest of the adult population. Source: Internet

Other Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is sometimes used in severe cases when other interventions for severe intractable depression have failed. Source: Internet

Technique Electroconvulsive therapy machine on display at Glenside Museum ECT requires the informed consent of the patient. Source: Internet

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