How electroconvulsive therapy heals the brain − new insights into ECT, a stigmatized yet highly effective treatment for depression
To study how ECT treats depression, my team and I used a device called an electroencephalogram, or EEG. It measures the brain ...
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Brain's Background Noise Could Explain Electroconvulsive Therapy's Success
Now, new research has identified a possible explanation for ECT's mechanism buried in the brain's background noise. According to the team behind the studies, their work helps "demystify one of the ...
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ECT depression therapy should be suspended, study suggests
ECT involves passing electric currents through a patient's brain to cause seizures or fits. Dr John Read, of the University of East London said there was "no place" for ECT in evidence-based ...