I knew that lobotomy and shock now called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT were nearly one in the same -- both assaults on the highest centers of the brain, one with scalpels and hot electrodes, the other with searing jolts of electricity. ❋ Dr. Peter Breggin (2012)
Doctors aren't exactly sure why the treatment, also called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT works, but ... ❋ Unknown (2006)
Doctors aren't exactly sure why the treatment, also called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT, works, but -- ❋ Unknown (2005)
A third treatment, electric shock, also called electroconvulsive therapy ECT, is used with particularly severe depressions, especially when they do not respond to medication, but this is done with a small percentage of depressed patients. ❋ Ann Smolin (1993)
Despite potential adverse effects, mainly memory loss, the use of electroshock (also called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) is administered worldwide for a wide range of mental illnesses ❋ Unknown (2010)
Let's talk about Carrie's decision to undergo electroconvulsive therapy. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Sure, the show is having its cake and eating it too, but we're psyched to see what Sen. Brody will have up in sleeve in Season 2 — especially now that Carrie knows or knew, before submitting herself to electroconvulsive therapy that Brody still has nightmares about Abu Nazir's son, Issa. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Without the medications and the electroconvulsive therapy, you might never emerge from a catatonic state. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Dr. Mayberg's team spent years scanning the brains of depressed patients and noticed that many who got better had changes in Brodmann Area 25, whether they were treated with medication, psychotherapy or electroconvulsive therapy. ❋ Melinda Beck (2012)
After her suicide attempt, Plath was briefly committed to a mental institution where she received electroconvulsive therapy. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Yet when you consider that some women have gone so far as to seek relief with electroconvulsive therapy, this is no laughing matter. ❋ Tyler (2009)
She even underwent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or so-called "shock treatments." ❋ Unknown (2010)
They have made electroconvulsive therapy, an important treatment, harder to get. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Some people need electroconvulsive therapy, which blasts their brain with current to jar them out of the blues, risking side effects like memory loss. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This problem was often treated with drugs, alcohol, psychotherapy, and, at its extreme, electroconvulsive therapy. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Meg's treatment consisted of three courses of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), each comprising six sessions over a two-week period. ❋ Clare Allan (2010)
