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Electroshock therapy

  • Electro-convulsive therapy

Claim

A woman who received electro-convulsive therapy, ECT, for puerperal psychosis says that the treatment destroyed her short term memory and here ability to think during her illness.

Counter-claim

A doctor at a mother and baby clinic says that ECT need not disorient the patient any more than drugs usually prescribed for depression.

ECT does not affect breast milk like antidepressant drugs do.

Broader

Aggravates

Memory defects
Presentable
Mental confusion
Unpresentable

Reduces

Related

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Health care » Therapy
  • Health care » Psychiatry
  • Technology » Electricity
  • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    U3695
    DOCID
    13136950
    D7NID
    158564
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024