Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Ect Therapy


I ve been researching therapies and this one came up: electroconvulsive therapy. It s a shock therapy where the patient is put to sleep and given muscle relaxers to prevent violent convulsions. Then electrodes are applied to the brain and the a seizure is induced. The theory is that the brain restarts itself, releasing chemicals that are lacking in severely depressed or scizophrenic patients. The death rate is 1 in 50,000. One of the side effects of the treatment is long-term or short-term... Ect Therapy
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/ect-therapy.40767/

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