Sentences with phrase «involve electroconvulsive therapy»

Cotard's syndrome is, thankfully, transient in most people, even though the treatment at times might involve electroconvulsive therapy.

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Electroconvulsive therapy, also known as electroshock or ECT, is a type of psychiatric shock therapy involving the induction of an artificial seizure in a patient by passing electricity through the brain.

Changing brain chemistry Unlike with electroconvulsive, or electroshock, therapy, where patients must be unconscious and administered muscle relaxants in order to prevent seizures, patients receiving rTMS (which involves trains of pulses during each session, hence the «repetitive» modifier) remain conscious and seated in outpatient settings.

The family had a history of depression: their mother had suffered from severe depression before May was born, and one of May's aunts had undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which involves delivering mild pulses of electricity to the brain to induce seizures, and is often an effective treatment for severe depression — though almost always of last resort.