Tag Archives: ECT

The New ECT – Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Posted on April 1, 2013 by cchrstl

The New ECT – Vagus Nerve Stimulation An electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) device is used for treating psychiatric disturbances by inducing in the patient a major seizure by applying a brief intense electrical current to the patient’s head, also called shock … Continue reading →

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On the Sea of Memory

Posted on March 23, 2013 by cchrstl

On the Sea of Memory: A Journey from Forgetting to Remembering a book by Jonathan Cott Cott describes what it was like to re-invent himself after 36 ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) sessions created a fifteen year gap in his memory. “At … Continue reading →

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