The truth about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Helen M. Farrell

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In 1982, a young nurse was suffering from severe, unrelenting depression. She couldn't work, socialize, or even concentrate well enough to read the newspaper. one treatment changed everything. After two courses of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, her symptoms lifted. She went back to work, then on to graduate school, where she earned high grades. At first, she talked openly about her life-changing treatment. But as she realized many people had an extremely negative impression of ECT, she stopped sharing her experience. ECT carried a deep stigma, left over from a history that bears little resemblance to the modern procedure. The therapy was first used in medicine in 1938. In its early years, doctors administered a strong electrical current to the brain, causing a whole body seizure, during which patients might bite their tongues or even break bones. Modern ECT is very different. While a patient is under general anesthesia, electrodes deliver a series of mild electrical pulses to the brain. This causes huge numbers of neurons to fire in unison. A brief, controlled seizure. A muscle relaxant keeps spasms from spreading to the rest of the body. The only physical indication of the electricity flooding the brain is a twitching foot. The treatment lasts for about a minute, and most patients are able to resume normal activities about an hour after each session. ECT is commonly used to treat severe cases of major depression or bipolar disorder in patients who haven't responded to other therapies or who have had adverse reactions to medication. Half or more of those who undergo treatment experience an improvement in their symptoms. Most patients treated with ECT have two or three sessions per week for several weeks. Some begin to notice an improvement in their symptoms after just one session, while others take longer to respond. Patients often continue less frequent treatments for several months to a year, and some need occasional maintenance sessions for the rest of their lives. Modern ECT is much safer than it used to be, but patients can still experience side effects. They may feel achy, fatigued, or nauseated right after treatment. Some have trouble remembering what happened right before a session, for example, what they had for dinner the previous evening. Rarely,