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2. Electroconvulsive therapy - Wikipedia

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   Electroconvulsive therapy is not a required subject in US medical schools and not a required skill in psychiatric residency training. Privileging for ECT practice at institutions is a local option: no national certification standards are established, and no ECT-specific continuing training experiences are required of ECT practitioners.

3. History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United States

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   Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial therapy used to treat certain mental illnesses such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, depressed bipolar disorder, manic excitement, and catatonia. [1] These disorders are difficult to live with and often very difficult to treat, leaving individuals suffering for long periods of time.

4. Major depressive disorder - Wikipedia

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   Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a standard psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in a person with depression to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses. [ 225 ] : 1880 ECT is used with informed consent [ 226 ] as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder. [ 227 ]

5. Nerve-stimulation therapy can get people out of severe depression

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   Nerve-stimulation therapy can greatly improve symptoms of severe, treatment-resistant depression, a new clinical trial shows. ... including aggressive treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy ...

6. Management of depression - Wikipedia

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   Management of depression is the treatment of depression that may involve a number of different therapies: medications, behavior therapy, psychotherapy, and medical devices. Depression is a symptom of some physical diseases; a side effect of some drugs and medical treatments; and a symptom of some mood disorders such as major depressive disorder ...

7. Treatment-resistant depression - Wikipedia

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   Electroconvulsive therapy is generally only considered as a treatment option in severe cases of treatment-resistant depression. It is used when medication has repeatedly failed to improve symptoms, and usually when the patient's symptoms are so severe that they have been hospitalized.