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According to a new study in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, the safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is unfounded
Professor G?ran Hajak, the corresponding author from the Bamberg Social Foundation in Germany, said: "Our research provides evidence that people's negative attitudes towards electroconvulsive therapy (one of the most effective methods for the treatment of mental illness) urgently need to be corrected
Unfounded public fear
Hajak said: “Depression that is difficult to treat is a mental disorder and has been listed by the World Health Organization as one of the main causes of human disability in the world.
Unlike descriptions in non-scientific media or movies, ECT is performed under short-term anesthesia, and the medical team induces a brief seizure during the treatment
The current study is a retrospective analysis, studying the safety protocols and medical records of 157 patients who received more than 3,100 ECT treatments in the three years from 2018 to 2020
ECT is safe, but it should be carried out in an environment with maximum control
One of the most important caveats of this work is that there may be differences in ECT procedures in different hospitals and countries
Hajak concluded: "We hope that our data will bring the discussion about ECT to a more realistic level, because the low-risk characteristics of ECT indicate that wider use can benefit more patients