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Content ArticleThis study in JAMA Network Open aimed to determine whether magnetic seizure therapy (MST) has comparable efficacy to modified electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for bipolar mania. The results suggest that MST is associated with a high response rate and fewer cognitive impairments in bipolar mania and that it might be an alternative therapy for the treatment of bipolar mania.
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Content ArticleElectro-Convulsive Therapy , or ECT, is a controversial treatment for a number of severe mental illnesses. In essence, an electric current is passed through the brain and induces an epileptic seizure. Though less frequently used these days, it may still be employed in cases of severe depression and mania resistant to other therapies. After treatment, patients may suffer headaches, feelings of confusion and temporary memory loss. In this article, Dr Paul Lambden summarises the treatment, technique used, the risks and side effects, and longer term outcomes.
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MPs call for ban on electroconvulsive therapy for women in mental health care
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MPs from across the political spectrum have called for a ban on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment for mental illness in England, and want the practice to be subject to an urgent inquiry. MPs told The Independent they have serious concerns that women are disproportionally given electroconvulsive therapy, and argued that patients are not properly notified of the treatment’s potential side effects. Some patients have also reported that they weren’t asked to provide consent before it was administered. Dr Pallavi Devulapalli, a GP, called for the government to undertake an “urgent and comprehensive review” of the treatment as she warned that patients’ wellbeing was “at stake”. The calls come after The Independent previously reported that thousands of women were being given ECT despite concerns that it can cause irreversible brain damage. It comes after Dr Sue Cunliffe, who began receiving ECT in 2004, previously told The Independent that the treatment had “completely destroyed” her life despite a psychiatrist having told her there would be no long-term side effects. Dr Cunliffe, a former children’s doctor, said: “By the end of it, I couldn’t recognise relatives or friends. I couldn’t count money out. I couldn’t do my two times table. I couldn’t navigate anywhere. I couldn’t remember what I’d done from one minute to another.” Read full story Source: The Independent, 12 March 2023- Posted
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Content ArticleThe word 'controversy' almost always accompanies any reference to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It has a dark history and remains a deeply contentious practice. For many, ECT is seen as outdated, forever linked with frightening images of medical abuse, cruelty and even punishment. In this programme for BBC Radio 4, Professor Sally Marlow met her friend Dr Tania Gergel at King’s College London, which forced her to reassess everything she thought she knew about ECT. Tania told Sally that ECT had saved her life on numerous occasions and that ECT is the only treatment that can bring her back to health after episodes of severe depression, psychosis and mania. Tania is Director of Research at Bipolar UK. She’s a philosopher and an internationally respected medical ethicist. She also lives with a serious mental illness; an unusual mixed type of bipolar disorder. During her last period of illness a year ago, Tania kept an audio diary., which she shares extracts from throughout the programme in order to break down stigma around both mental illness and ECT.
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Content ArticleElectroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, is still given to about 2,100 -2,700 people a year in England, about half of whom have not consented to it. This blog reports on a campaign for an independent review of this highly controversial procedure, and provides links to relevant articles.