Pros And Cons Of Electroconvulsive Therapy

In discussions of Electroconvulsive treatment, one controversial issue has been on the effect of brain damage. On the one hand, Dahl Melissa argues that electroconvulsive therapy may be helpful. On the other hand, Matt Snyders contends that electroconvulsive therapy may not be helpful. My own view is that electroconvulsive therapy may cause brain damage and most likely not be able to treat depression.

Dahl Melissa, a health writer and editor for MSNBC, argues that electroconvulsive therapy is gaining traction as an effective, fast-acting treatment for severe depression. She also says that proposes many psychiatrists consider that ECT is the most successful way to treat patients who do not respond to antidepressants and imperative for preventing suicide attempts. With this therapy there is a risk of having brain damage and the side effects of it. Although I agree with Dahl to a point, I cannot accept her overall conclusion that this therapy is helpful because of the side effects because it can cause brain damage and other problems after the therapy.

Paul, Minnesota argues that Electroconvulsive therapy may not be helpful. According to Snyder's, some psychologists warn the ECT causes brain damage, resulting in memory loss commonly seen in recipients, and has a near 100 percent relapse rate. Nonetheless, he states that mental health courts frequently order ECT for ill individuals deemed incompetent by virtue of being committed, such as a Minnesota man who was forced into shock treatment on an outpatient basis. agree with his overall conclusion because since it causes brain damage it may need to be fixed and make it where you don’t have to lose anything. So the people in charge of medicine for depression can make something else besides the shocking treatment. There other ways to treat depression is medicine, but there are some times where the medicine will not work