2024年12月13日 · Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a form of psychiatric treatment that involves inducing seizures with the use of electrical stimulation while an individual is under general anesthesia. An estimated 100,000 people in the US have ECT each year.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a clinical procedure where a small dose of electric current is passed through the brain for a brief period to induce seizures for therapeutic purposes in psychiatric (and certain neurological) conditions.

2022年9月19日 · In a patient under intravenous sedation or general anesthesia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) uses an electric current to create a generalized cerebral seizure. Although it is primarily utilized to treat patients with severe depression, patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and ...

Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, is a medical procedure in which a small electrical current is used to trigger a controlled seizure in the brain. It is primarily used to treat severe depression, though it may also be used to treat some other mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and catatonia, among others. In ...

2008年10月1日 · Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the safe induction of a series of generalized epileptic seizures for therapeutic purposes, using brief-pulse stimulation techniques under anesthesia and muscle paralysis. Informed consent of the patient or the responsible legal guardian is mandatory.

Brain stimulation therapies involve stimulating the brain directly with electricity, magnets or implants. ECT is a non-invasive medical treatment that is most often used with individuals who have a serious mental illness, such as major depression or bipolar disorder.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a time tested treatment modality for the management of various psychiatric disorders. There have been a lot of modifications in the techniques of delivering ECT over decades. Despite lots of criticisms encountered, ECT has still been used commonly in clinical practice due to its safety and efficacy.

ECT is most commonly used for severe depression that hasn’t responded to other treatments. It is also used to treat catatonia, an uncommon condition in which a patient may stop talking, eating or moving. Occasionally, it is used to treat people in the manic phase of bipolar disorder or when people have mixed symptoms of both mania and depression.

2025年3月6日 · Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) applies electrical pulses to the brain in order to treat mental health disorders like severe depression and bipolar disorder. It is also used in situations where medications are not working to control symptoms or …

What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and when is it used? ECT is an effective form of treatment for people with depressions and other mood disorders. ECT may be used when a severely depressed patient has not responded to antidepressants, is unable to tolerate the side effects of antidepressants, or must improve rapidly.