With ect an electric current is briefly applied through the scalp to the brain inducing a seizure.
Brain electric shock therapy.
Electroconvulsive therapy ect ect is a procedure where controlled electric currents are passed through the brain while the person is under general anesthesia.
Electroconvulsive therapy or ect for short is a treatment that involves sending an electric current through your brain causing a brief surge of electrical activity within your brain also known as a seizure.
Other stimulation therapies discussed here vagus nerve stimulation repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation magnetic seizure.
The label shock therapy encompasses therapies that are actually quite different from each other.
What they have in common as the name implies is that they have a significant impact.
As far as we know the ancient greeks were the first ones to experiment with shock therapy.
Typically 70 to 120 volts are applied externally to the patient s head resulting in approximately 800 milliamperes of direct current passed through the.
We are talking about a stimulus that is capable of producing changes in a person s brain.
Electroconvulsive therapy ect is a procedure done under general anesthesia in which small electric currents are passed through the brain intentionally triggering a brief seizure.
Electroconvulsive therapy is the most researched stimulation therapy and has the longest history of use.
The brain is still not well understood nor is the reason for the treatment effects.
In addition alternative therapies such as yoga and hypnosis sometimes work for mild depression.
You might also hear them referred to as brain zaps brain shocks brain flips or brain shivers they re often described as feeling like brief electric jolts to the head.
Shock therapy s effect on depression discovered researchers say the huffington post news headline posted march 20 2012 declared shock therapy s effect on depressed brain explained by new electroconvulsive therapy study time healthland s article was titled how electroconvulsive therapy works for.
Brain stimulation therapies involve activating or touching the brain directly with electricity magnets or implants to treat depression and other disorders.
The bloomberg news headline crowed.
Ect seems to cause changes in brain chemistry that can quickly reverse symptoms of certain mental health conditions.
Shock therapy was so called as an electric shock is used to induce a controlled seizure intended as a treatment primarily for mood disorders although other conditions may be treated as well.
The aim of the treatment is to relieve the symptoms of some mental health problems.
