Shock therapy is a very old procedure to treat patients and is practised till now for treating several patients. You must have heard that it is used for the treatment of depression as well. Let me inform you that what shock therapy actually is? How shock therapies work for depression?
Shock therapy is known as the electroconvulsive therapy or ECT in medical terms. During this process a brief electric current is used to stimulate the body in a controlled environment in the presence of expert doctors and medical staff. This process is being practised since 1937 and it is successful till date, though this process has evolved into its most sophisticated and meticulous form because of advancement in medicine and health care sectors.
Shock therapy is also used to cure severe depression among the patients. Let’s see how it actually works. It is revealed by the researchers that the left frontal area of the brain is more active in the patient of depression. This hyper activity of that specific area is hindering the activity of other part of the brain, so the patients have low moods or lethargy. When this specific area of the brain is stimulated by the electric shock, then its hyper activity is stopped to ensure the normal functioning of the rest of the brain.
Therefore the severe depression of the patients can be treated by the shock therapy. Isn’t it astonishing?
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