New electroconvulsive therapy for depression
Jun 15th, 2010 | Filed under DailyMail
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Add to My Stories Electric shocks: ECT triggers a ‘fit’ which is thought to help depression by triggering brain chemicals A new type of electroconvulsive therapy – a treatment for depression – has fewer side-effects and is an effective treatment for manic depression. Electric shock treatment – famously used on Jack Nicholson in the 1975 film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – involves a small electric current being run through the brain with the aim of producing a seizure.
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