To take out the useful parts of the food, the digestive system breaks the food down into small pieces. This process is called digestion. The parts of the food which are not useful just pass through the body.
The interrogation. Interrogations consist of three pulses, 0.8 Î¼s in duration, referred to as P1, P2 and P3. The timing between pulses P1 and P3 determines the mode (or question) of the interrogation, and thus what the nature of the reply should be. P2 is used in side-lobe suppression, explained later.
The treatment is given in the hospital under anesthesia so that people receiving ECT do not feel pain or discomfort. Most patients undergo 6 to 10 treatments. An electrical current is passed through the brain to cause a controlled seizure, which typically lasts for 20 to 90 seconds.