Essays Tagged: "ECT"
Are Electro-Convulsion Treatments Harmful?
First of all, what are electro-convulsion treatments? It's believed that it works by causing a seizure with an electrical sho ... medicines. My opinion on this is that it is very harmful to a person's brain.From the 1996 study of ECT and patient perceptions, they concluded that literature concerning the effects of ECT, including ... at literature concerning the effects of ECT, including possible brain damage, is biased in favor of ECT. Although, there have been findings of misinformation that has surfaced as well. Misinformation ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
ECT(shock therapy) in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Electroconvulsive therapy, also known as ECT, is a type of psychiatric shock therapy. ECT involves the ... ype of psychiatric shock therapy. ECT involves the induction of a seizure in a patient by passing electricity through the brain. In the 1930s, Ugo Cerletti, the Italian psychiatrist, came up with the ... 30s, Ugo Cerletti, the Italian psychiatrist, came up with the idea for treating human beings with Electroconvulsive therapy. He was observing the barbaric act of slaughterhouse hogs being electrocuted ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment
s and TreatmentMood disorders are a very common type of mental disorder, yet they typically go undetected as well as untreated. The main form of mood disorders is depression. "Depression is the most c ... r it is also highly treatable. As with any illness the early the treatment is started the better effect the treatment may have. Visiting a doctor will help distinguish what the illness is and how to p ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Mental Illness Therapy - ECT
1 Mental illness therapy: should electroconvulsive therapy be abolished? Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as known as electric shock wa ... y (ECT), as known as electric shock was first introduced in the late 1930s, which suggested using electricity to transform the mentation of mental illness patients. By passing a rupture of electricity ... eneral public (Hirshbein, 2011). While psychiatrists generally agree that such treatment is most effective for "severe or medication-resistant depression and catatonic states patients" (Ruben, 1986, p ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness