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Electroconvulsive therapy

Treatment

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An electrotherapy technique that applies an electric current to the skull.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a medical treatment used in psychiatry that involves causing a brief, controlled seizure by sending a very weak electrical current into the brain.

This treatment is used mainly for certain severe drug-resistant depressions, but also for bipolar disorders or some forms of schizophrenia.

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