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Why does shock treatment cause seizures and whhat r the side effects?
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Shock therapy: Many years ago, they observed that epileptic patients had a lower incidence of depression.In an era with no workable medicines, they tried shock therapy:using electrical shoch to trigger seizures, as treatment. After a certain number of treatments the patient sometimes showed improvement.
Answered 12/4/2013
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