This week I chose to do my journaling on the topic of electroconvulsive therapy. The ECT is an intervention that was used many years to treat severe psychiatric conditions, such as depression and other psychiatric disorders. Hence, this was used to induce a temporary loss of consciousness, convulsions, and/or seizures in the attempt to disrupt brain activity and to reset a healthier state. “The Electroconvulsive therapy was said to be the most stigmatized therapies in the field of psychiatry” (Payne & Prudic, 2009). It says that Electroconvulsive therapy was found in 1938 by a man of the name Ugo Certetti and a man named Lucio Bini of Italy. However, back in the 30’s to the 60’s, the doctor and nurses did not explain ECT or other form of psychiatric treatments.
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The result from then was that that some people didn’t benefit from this procedure. Some thought of it as cruel and crude to use and the ECT then joined psychosurgery as the most disturbed psychiatric and neurological practices. Some assumed that hearing that they would receive shock treatment, that it would be a painful method. Some thought it was a form of electrocution, and others thought it would cause them brain damage. Also, the media didn’t help to the added fears with its misinformation on the procedures. I’ve seen this type of therapy on movies and it seem a kind of punishment more than a treatment and it looked scary and painful. The media gave me a false perception on this type of therapy and so I wanted to know more on the topic. The article says that 2/5ths of the patients and relatives primary source of information on ECT, comes from (movies, television, newspapers, books, and magazines). What would need to happen for the current acceptance of this treatment procedure to
The result from then was that that some people didn’t benefit from this procedure. Some thought of it as cruel and crude to use and the ECT then joined psychosurgery as the most disturbed psychiatric and neurological practices. Some assumed that hearing that they would receive shock treatment, that it would be a painful method. Some thought it was a form of electrocution, and others thought it would cause them brain damage. Also, the media didn’t help to the added fears with its misinformation on the procedures. I’ve seen this type of therapy on movies and it seem a kind of punishment more than a treatment and it looked scary and painful. The media gave me a false perception on this type of therapy and so I wanted to know more on the topic. The article says that 2/5ths of the patients and relatives primary source of information on ECT, comes from (movies, television, newspapers, books, and magazines). What would need to happen for the current acceptance of this treatment procedure to