🧠 There’s a lot of stigma associated with electroconvulsive therapy due to its questionable past, but modern FDA-approved protocols can be an effective treatment for several psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder.
⚡ Learn more about how electroconvulsive therapy works in this week's special video supplement from co-editor Lindsay Ejoh.
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@pennNeuroKnow We need controlled studies with fake ECT. There are not enough of them. The danger is that ECT becomes the new lobotomy, ie the supposed cure for everything. We need Cochrane reports on its use for disorders other than depression.
@dickretired No treatment is ever going to be effective for all patients/conditions, and more stringent research is definitely needed. Our intention in making this is to help demystify something that people see as an evil and torturous, and show that it is a nuanced, FDA-regulated medical treatment
- Margaret Gardner and Lindsay Ejoh, PNK writers
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Good answer and we appreciate it, @pennNeuroKnow.