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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or electric shock treatment, is a medical procedure that is used to treat a range of mental illnesses.
Follow the links below to find information on ECT.
Reviewed March 2009
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Mental illness treatments
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Better Health Channel
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When someone first starts to develop symptoms of mental illness, contact a doctor or a community mental health service for help. Treatment in the community, rather than in a hospital, is thought to be better for a person's mental health. Effective treatment involves more than medications.
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Nov 2009
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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DepressioNet
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) treatment involves administering, under anaesthetic, a series of electric shocks to the brain at intervals over a few weeks. ECT has had something of a controversial history, and although it is not commonly used in contemporary medicine, some professionals believe that it has its place.
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Jun 2009
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Electro-convulsive therapy
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InfraPsych
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Describes Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), its development, use, possible long term effects of ECT, other possible side effects of ECT and how ECT affects memory and thinking and its safety.
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Apr 2009
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Depression: physical treatments
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Black Dog Institute Australia
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Information on the physical treatments for depression. Information on anti-depressants, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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Jan 2009
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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SANE Australia
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ECT is a form of medical treatment for major depression, bipolar disorder and psychotic illnesses related to schizophrenia.
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Jan 2009
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Electroconvulsive therapy
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Better Health Channel
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treats a range of mental illnesses by inducing a controlled seizure in the patient. ECT is used to treat a range of mental illnesses such as severe depression, catatonia and some forms of mania and schizophrenia. It is thought that the seizure 'resets' the brain. Common side effects include temporary difficulties with short term memory.
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Mar 2008
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Electroconvulsive therapy for the depressed elderly
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Antidepressant drugs often cause side effects in elderly people, which may limit the effectiveness of treatment for depression. ECT can be an important alternative to drug treatment for depressed elderly people. This review involved searching the litera...
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Jan 2007
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Physical measures for treating depression in dialysis patients
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Depression is the most common psychological problem in the chronic dialysis population and it affects their physical, mental and social well-being. The aim of this review was to determine the effectiveness of physical measures (e.g. antidepressants, ele...
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Mar 2006
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Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The induction of a seizure (fit) for therapeutic purposes by the administration of an electrical stimulus (electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) remains a common treatment option for people with schizophrenia. This review pools data from 26 studies that inc...
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Feb 2005
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Miscellaneous treatments for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Tardive dyskinesia is a disfiguring and disabling disorder of voluntary control of movement often caused by antipsychotic drugs. Several Cochrane reviews have summarised the effects of the many treatments used to manage these involuntary movements. This...
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Jan 2003
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