ect is generally performed by a psychiatrist at a hospital. you can have your general doc or your psychiatrist refer you to an ect expert psychiatrist. they meet you go over info about ect and set it up if you are a good candidate. it is a bona fide and good treatment for certain individuals. it is no longer barbaric with patients thrashing around having full body seizures. basically you are under anesthesia and your brain has a seizure and your body does not. info about side effects are noted on the link noted. other links: www. acnp. org/g4/gn40100010<negative_smiley>default. htm for those who like medical jargon www. nami. org/content/navigationmenu/advocate_magazine/e-newsletter/20065/gma_transcript. htm for those who like stories
how bad do the symptoms of depression have to be to get ect (electro-convulsive therapy) treatments?