Biological approach (ECT)
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fisherbethany on January 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Electro Convulsive Therapy | Electric shocks to the non dominant part of the brain at between 70-130 volts for about half a second whilst under anesthetic & muscle relaxant |
| Strengths | - quicker than anti depressants or counselling - reasonable success rate |
| Weaknesses | - ethical abuse - terrible side effects before muscle relaxants - memory loss - not clear why it works |
| Khalilian | 18 participants. 3 groups: clozapine alone, ECT alone and a combination. Anaesthetic was used so that no one knew who had had the ECT and who hadn't. Combination therapy was superior to either on their own. |
| Pridmore | Compared rTMS to ECT. ECT slightly better. EVALUATION + couldn't be any investigator effects as no one knew who had ECT and who had rTMS. - Only 32 patients. |
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