Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy is a medieval use of electricity to attempt to “rewire” the brain to treat psychological disorders. This type of therapy causes a vast array of possible complications that can follow the procedure; cognitive issues such as memory loss and physical ones such as musculoskeletal injuries. Electroconvulsive therapy should be abolished because it poses too great of a danger to patients.
This Therapy has been a leading issue in the regard of memory loss.The use of electroconvulsive therapy has caused many cases of Retrograde Amnesia, this is the most common side effect of having EC therapy. It is known that there are a vast array of supporters and those who believe it should be banned as a medical …show more content…
This therapy can be very harsh especially if used repetitively and in high voltages.. The supporters of this medical procedure are usually convinced of their success and are to the point of believing that this is their only hope. But, the uncommon knowledge of this therapy is that a twenty to fifty percent margin of patients that undergo this procedure, relapse with in six months, and these are the patients who said that they responded well to the treatment. Patients go into this procedure view it as a hope for a cure, and little do they know that if they manage to have positive outcomes, they are faced with relapse and if a relapse should occur they must either, remain on medication, lithium, or remain having treatments every six weeks the possible course of the rest of their lives. Going into this procedure has the intentions of curing the patient, when in reality there is significant probability that they will end up with other complications, and a continuing reliance of medication. This can be a problem, because this is not curing the patient and many patients have to undergo the procedure because they are unable to take a medication to begin with. Due to these results, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) stated that this therapy should only be administered on patients that need to achieve “rapid and short term improvements to severe
Electroconvulsive therapy is a medieval use of electricity to attempt to “rewire” the brain to treat psychological disorders. This type of therapy causes a vast array of possible complications that can follow the procedure; cognitive issues such as memory loss and physical ones such as musculoskeletal injuries. Electroconvulsive therapy should be abolished because it poses too great of a danger to patients.
This Therapy has been a leading issue in the regard of memory loss.The use of electroconvulsive therapy has caused many cases of Retrograde Amnesia, this is the most common side effect of having EC therapy. It is known that there are a vast array of supporters and those who believe it should be banned as a medical …show more content…
This therapy can be very harsh especially if used repetitively and in high voltages.. The supporters of this medical procedure are usually convinced of their success and are to the point of believing that this is their only hope. But, the uncommon knowledge of this therapy is that a twenty to fifty percent margin of patients that undergo this procedure, relapse with in six months, and these are the patients who said that they responded well to the treatment. Patients go into this procedure view it as a hope for a cure, and little do they know that if they manage to have positive outcomes, they are faced with relapse and if a relapse should occur they must either, remain on medication, lithium, or remain having treatments every six weeks the possible course of the rest of their lives. Going into this procedure has the intentions of curing the patient, when in reality there is significant probability that they will end up with other complications, and a continuing reliance of medication. This can be a problem, because this is not curing the patient and many patients have to undergo the procedure because they are unable to take a medication to begin with. Due to these results, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) stated that this therapy should only be administered on patients that need to achieve “rapid and short term improvements to severe