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Hi, my father is 70 years old and suffering from mental issues. He is suggested to have an ECT therapy. Please tell why should I opt for this therapy and what can be the possible side effects.
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- Russell Petersen,
- 9:52, 12th February 2019
In the Electroconvulsive therapy, electrodes are placed on the patient’s scalp. While the patient is under the influence of general anaesthesia, properly controlled electric current is passed, which results to a brief seizure in the brain. As per the American Psychiatric Association, this therapy is safe for certain situations like, when a patient refuses to eat and there is a nutritional deficiency in his body, or when an individual is in a catatonic stupor, or when the antidepressant medicatio
