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Treatment usually involves antidepressant and antipsychotic medication. Patients sometimes take antipsychotics briefly. Electroconvulsive therapy is very effective for this condition, but it is generally used after medication.
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment for severe mental illness in which a small, carefully controlled amount of electricity is introduced into the brain. This electrical stimulation, used in conjunction with anesthesia and muscle...
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Electroconvulsive therapy is a treatment for depression that uses electricity to trigger a seizure.
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Eating disorders see Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa EEG see Electroencephalography Effexor see Venlafaxine Elavil see Amitriptyline
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