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Can you tell me about receiving ect treatment before?
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Yes: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a standard psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses.[1] ECT is usually used as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, mania/catatonia.[2] A usual course of ECT involves multiple administration-2 to 3x per week. After ECT medicatiions may be n
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