On 10/23/2010 11:39 AM, dr_jeff wrote:
On 10/23/10 11:35 AM, Steven Bornfeld wrote:
On 10/20/2010 1:19 AM, Bob Officer wrote:
does someone point out that the practice stopped a long time ago,
along with Electro-Shock-Therapy

ECT for depression is still used:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ele...herapy/MY00129

Steve

And that's a good thing, if all other treatments fail. ECT is effective
in some cases where other treatments fail. Apparently it is used on
about 1,000,000 people a year, throughout the world, according to the
wikipedia article (the article cited a presentation at a ECT discussion
at Mass. Gen. Hospital).

Jeff


Yeah, I've heard they've been able to minimize the memory loss and
other cognitive sequellae.
On another note (I've lost the link) I saw something on Medscape
yesterday about a study indicating the second generation antipsychotics
work no better than the old neurileptics. I don't think they evaluated
commparable rates of extrapyramidal effects, and I don't remember what
the selection process was for the patient population.

Steve

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