The Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients with Severe Depression or Schizophrenia

Application of electroconvulsive therapy to patients with severe depression or schizophrenia "In the survey, people with a history of severe depression caused by accident and a history of physical trauma are more severe than physical trauma I assessed the pain of mental illness "(Ai Suck 5). Psychosis can cause immense suffering and even death; in 2000, the suicide rate for depressed patients was estimated at 15%. This proves that mental illness such as depression and schizophrenia is a serious problem and people with mental illness should receive the most effective treatment.

How is electrotherapy (ECT) used to treat depression? To answer this question, we have to answer the other questions first: what is electroconvulsive therapy? When a decision is diagnosed, which patients are suitable for ECT and which are suitable for psychotherapy? If all depressed patients do not respond to ECT, how do you identify patients who might benefit from it? ECT invented by Cerletti and Bini in 1938 is the first cure to reliably relieve major depression (Abrams and Essman, 1982). Electrospasmotherapy is a technique used to treat people with psychosis by inducing additional current through the forehead to induce seizures resembling epilepsy (Encarta, 1995).

Electric cramping therapy (ECT) is a very dramatic way to treat patients. ECT is also generally not used for patients with schizophrenia. Unless they are suffering from extreme depression, or have long-term suicidal tendencies and are not responding to drug therapy or other treatment modalities. The doctor connects the wire to the patient and sends a shock through the forehead. This process is also known as ect. Shock therapy. Psychotherapy is another cure that is usually only possible when people are involved in their fantasy world. The therapist helps the patient manage symptoms and lead a normal life. It is not just psychiatrist treatment. There are also treatments including families and even groups of other schizophrenia patients. Family therapy helps families learn about their ills and learn how to help them and use them.

Electrospasmotherapy (ECT) in depressed and psychiatric patients with depressed and psychiatric patients is the first choice that responds to patients with severe nonpsychotic depression and does not respond to adequate testing of two antidepressants. ECT is most commonly used for patients over the age of 60. Delusions, mental retardation, morning awakening, family history of depression are most likely to benefit from ECT23. ECT may reverse the memory loss and confusion caused by pseudo-dementia. Contraindications include recent myocardial infarction, brain tumor, cerebral aneurysm, and uncontrolled heart failure. Although ECT is an effective short-term treatment, the recurrence rate increases within 6 to 12 months, and the recurrence rate after ECT increases in patients with a history of drug resistance23.