ECT, An Effective Treatment For Psychiatric Disorders

In Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), improvements have been made in administration and standards to treat individuals suffering from psychiatric disorders.

Patients undergoing Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for various psychiatric disorders, view this therapy in a positive light, reveals a new study.

Previously, ECT was long considered as a painful and barbaric method of treatment. //

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Since its introduction in the 1930s, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has evolved into a more refined, but more expensive and extensively regulated clinical procedure.

‘Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective lifesaving treatment for psychiatric disorders. ’

In the study of 30 patients, 80% found ECT a useful procedure that they would readily have again, with 70% saying it was more efficacious than drug therapy.

The study's investigators note that improvements in ECT administration and standards should help to validate ECT as a less frightening experience for patients and their caregivers.

"ECT is a very effective but underused treatment partly due to the perception of the nature of this treatment. This study illustrates that the overall experience and attitude of patients and carers on ECT treatment were positive," said Dr. Latha Guruvaiah, lead author of the Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry study.

"Many treatment options are available now for Psychiatric disorders but still ECT is considered as an effective treatment and has been found to be potential lifesaver in many cases."

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