Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back
Shocking the brain has come and gone as a medical treatment, but it’s currently resurging, as it often provides the best form of relief for severe depression and advanced Parkinson’s disease.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Electroshock therapy: the original name for treating severe depression with a series of brief electrical shocks to the brain
- Electroconvulsive therapy: the current name for electroshock therapy
- Deep brain stimulation: a treatment for advanced Parkinson’s that uses pulsed electrical signals to targeted brain regions
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