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  2. Electroconvulsive therapy - Wikipedia

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    A positive side effect to the treatment was retrograde amnesia. It was because of this side effect that patients could not remember the treatments and had no ill feelings toward it. [19] ECT soon replaced metrazol therapy all over the world because it was cheaper, less frightening and more convenient. [20]

  3. Retrograde amnesia - Wikipedia

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    Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), used as a depression therapy, can cause impairments in memory. [29] Tests show that information from days and weeks before the ECT can be permanently lost. [30] The results of this study also show that severity of RA is more extreme in cases of bilateral ECT rather than unilateral ECT.

  4. 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.

  5. Treatment of bipolar disorder - Wikipedia

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    The most frequent side effects of ECT include memory impairment, headaches, and muscle aches. [14] In some instances, ECT can produce significant and long-lasting cognitive impairment, including anterograde amnesia, and retrograde amnesia. [83]

  6. 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 ...

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  8. Amnesia - Wikipedia

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    Electroconvulsive therapy in which seizures are electrically induced in patients for therapeutic effect can have acute effects including both retrograde and anterograde amnesia. [23] Alcohol can both cause blackouts [24] and have deleterious effects on memory formation. [25]

  9. Management of depression - Wikipedia

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    Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a standard psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses. [ 139 ] : 1880 ECT is used with informed consent [ 140 ] as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder. [ 141 ]