2024年12月13日 · Generally speaking, there are two types of ECT: Bilateral ECT, in which the electrodes are placed on both sides of the head. This is designed to affect the entire brain. Unilateral ECT, in which one electrode placed on top of the head and the other on one temple, usually the right.

2024年5月30日 · Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can greatly and rapidly improve severe symptoms of several mental health conditions, including: Severe depression, particularly when other symptoms are present, including a break from reality (psychosis), a strong desire to attempt suicide or failure to thrive.

ECT and TMS are the most widely used brain stimulation therapies, but there are two other options available: Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation [VNS and DBS]. Research continues to accumulate, offering insight to these treatment options.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure that uses a mild electrical current to cause a brief seizure. This treatment effectively treats severe mental health conditions, including depression, schizophrenia, and more.

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.

2019年7月31日 · There are two major types of ECT: In bilateral ECT, electrodes are placed on either side of your head. The treatment affects your entire brain. In unilateral ECT, one electrode is placed on...

ECT is used mainly to treat severe depression, but is also used for patients with other conditions, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, catatonia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

Electroconvulsive therapy is a treatment where electricity is sent through your brain which makes a fithappen. It is sometimes used to help some types of severe mental illness. Severe means very bad. Electroconvulsive therapy is called ECT for short. We call it ECT in this booklet. This booklet tells you information about ECT.

2024年5月16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 …

2022年5月25日 · There are several types of brain stimulation therapy, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS or rTMS),...