I sat in on some electroconvulsive therapy sessions when I was in school.
They are used for really intractable depression when all meds fail.
The patients seemed to believe they helped, although the ?permanent memory loss was very real.
The sessions were actually overseen by an anesthesiologist who gave the patient paralytic drugs like they do while in surgery, which dampened all muscle twitching in the body from the shocks.
The physical effects from the shock was really subtle to observe and you could only tell it was happening from some twitching of the patient's temples.
Shock therapy today is quite different and actually does help in some cases. Can cause memory loss or something though, not to be taken lightly.
Also has many different types, many of which aren't done to the brain at all
I sat in on some electroconvulsive therapy sessions when I was in school.
They are used for really intractable depression when all meds fail.
The patients seemed to believe they helped, although the ?permanent memory loss was very real.
The sessions were actually overseen by an anesthesiologist who gave the patient paralytic drugs like they do while in surgery, which dampened all muscle twitching in the body from the shocks.
The physical effects from the shock was really subtle to observe and you could only tell it was happening from some twitching of the patient's temples.