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  2. Electroconvulsive therapy - Wikipedia

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    Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or electroshock therapy (EST) is a psychiatric treatment during which a generalized seizure (without muscular convulsions) is ...

  3. Expectation confirmation theory - Wikipedia

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    Expectation confirmation theory (or ECT) is a cognitive theory which seeks to explain post-purchase or post-adoption satisfaction as a function of expectations, perceived performance, and disconfirmation of beliefs. The structure of the theory was developed in a series of two papers written by Richard L. Oliver in 1977 and 1980. [1]

  4. Shock therapy (psychiatry) - Wikipedia

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    The Lima et al.'s (2013) [10] study offers a comprehensive systematic review of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for adolescents, concentrating on its efficacy, application criteria, and associated risks. Highlighting ECT's notable success in addressing diverse psychiatric conditions among adolescents, the study portrays it as a highly effective ...

  5. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial therapy used to treat certain mental illnesses such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, depressed bipolar disorder, manic excitement, and catatonia. [1] These disorders are difficult to live with and often very difficult to treat, leaving individuals suffering for long periods of time.

  6. Major depressive disorder - Wikipedia

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    Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a standard psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in a person with depression to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses. [228]: 1880 ECT is used with informed consent [229] as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder. [230]

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    Hims compiled a list of the top 25 U.S. counties for dating based on the number of single households, median age, restaurant volume per capita, and proximity to a major metropolitan area.

  8. ECT originated as a new form of convulsive therapy, rather than as a completely new treatment. [5] Convulsive therapy was introduced in 1934 by Hungarian neuropsychiatrist Ladislas J Meduna who, believing that schizophrenia and epilepsy were antagonistic disorders, induced seizures in patients with first camphor and then cardiazol.

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    2010 Patrick at Winter Commencement at the University of Kentucky, where he majored in sociology and minored in psychology. 2008 Patrick and his mother celebrating his 21st birthday. 2003 Patrick with his mother at an Easter dinner.