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ECT

abbr.
electroconvulsive therapy
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ECT

abbreviation for
(Psychiatry) electroconvulsive therapy
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ECT

electroconvulsive therapy.
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Noun 1. [画像:ECT - the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma]ECT - the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism - the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
shock therapy, shock treatment - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
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Translations

ECT

[ˌiːsiːˈtiː] n abbr (=electroconvulsive therapy) → traitement m par électrochocs, électrochocs mplectopic pregnancy [ɛkˈtɒpɪk] n → grossesse f extra-utérine
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ECT

abbr of electroconvulsive therapy → Elektroschock m, → Elektrokrampftherapie f
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ECT

abbr electroconvulsive therapy. V. therapy.
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Some patients experience headache, nausea, jaw ache, or muscle pain on the days of the ECT. These side effects can be improved with medications (1, 5).
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Following Electroconvulsive Therapy
Patients had a history of hospitalization, but had never received ECT. At the beginning of the study, informed consent was obtained from all patients.
EFFECT OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY ON SERUM SEROTONIN LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH TREATMENT--RESISTANT MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
Her plea comes after a Sunday Mirror probe revealed NHS trusts do not offer any rehabilitation for long-term brain injury caused by ECT. Mum-of-two Jacqueline, from Sutton, Surrey, received the treatment while she was heavily medicated and can't remember signing her own consent papers.
SHOCK THERAPY RUINED MY LIFE; Mum left with memory loss and brain damage; EXCLUSIVE
I'm looking for ways to help come up with therapy, ways of treating brain damage caused by ECT.
Mum left with brain damage and memory loss after being given electric shock therapy; EXCLUSIVE: Jacqueline Dunn was in hospital for months and had four bouts of electro-convulsive therapy when she was 17
Recent reports suggest that 70% to 90% of patients with treatment resistant depression responded well to ECT. According to one study in Japan, among 42 patients with treatment resistant depression 23 patients (54.8%) experienced a remission, 13 (30.95%) showed a response to treatment, and 6 (14.28%) did not respond.
EFFICACY OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN TREATMENT - RESISTANT DEPRESSION
The ECT has become 'a powerful tool in the hands of big oil, gas, and coal companies enabling them to discourage governments from transitioning to clean energy,' the report warns and wonders why Pakistan was readying to full treaty membership despite the fact that investment arbitration was controversial in Pakistan, and that the government had produced a new Bilateral Investment Treaty model that aimed to restrict the rights of investors, a move that could be undermined by the signing of the ECT.
International arbitration treaty may be a trap for Pakistan
It is the first comprehensive study which has been conducted by TNI and CEO on the effects of ECT.
Pakistan faces risk of arbitration lawsuits if it becomes ECT member: Report
Indeed, many of our neighbours and regional peers, including Turkey and the Central Asia republics of the ex-USSR, are founding members of the ECT. These governments fully endorse investor protection under the Treaty and do not seem to be worse off for wear.
Pakistan and the Energy Charter Treaty
These changes were not associated with MADRS score over the course of ECT.
IL-6 Levels Predict Response to ECT in Depressive Disorder; Higher IL-6 at baseline linked to lower end-of-treatment Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale scores
(7) Those in their ninth decade of life with treatment-resistant depression, psychotic features, and post-stroke depression often respond robustly with improvement following ECT. (8)
A 95-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression