For some people, medication and psychotherapy is not enough to treat depression. In those cases, an alternative treatment could be ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy. In this video, learn what ECT is and how it can help treat depression, according to Psychiatrist Susan Samuels, MD.
Dr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2020). What is depression?
Mukhtar, F., et al. (2023). Recent advances in electroconvulsive therapy in clinical practice and research. Faculty Reviews.
National Alliance on Mental Illness. (n.d.). ECT, TMS and other brain stimulation therapies.
Singh, A, et al. (2017). How electroconvulsive therapy works?: Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience.
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