What is electroconvulsive therapy 5 Articles

by Lucy Collins

What is electroconvulsive therapy? Electronvulsive therapy or ECT (the abbreviation which I will be using throughout) is used primarily to treat depression. It may also be used in the treatment of bipolar affective disor...read more

by tetley

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE & SUBSEQUENT SELF-HARM Undergraduate dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a BSc (Hons) Nursing Mental Health Branch MAY 2000...read more

by Cristina Olvera

The brain works through electrochemical processes. These processes may become impaired by mental illnesses. Electroconvulsive Therapy is believed to work by altering some of these processes. This medical treatment is pe...read more

by Alan Sullivan

Introduction Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) is introduced with its origin dating back to the early 1700s by Benjamin Franklin and Jan Ingenhousz. Although only ECT is explored in this discussion chemical or ...read more

by Heather Meister

Feeling a little down, a little depressed even? Well, just hook some jumper cables to your ears and put the spark back into your life. This may seem like a radical treatment for giving your life a boost but the principle i...read more