Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is invasive, requires hospitalization and anesthesia, can be costly, and is associated with memory loss, often ruling it out as a first-line treatment. — Whalespan
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is invasive, requires hospitalization and anesthesia, can be costly, and is associated with memory loss, often ruling it out as a first-line treatment.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
✕NOTSUPPORTED
⚠
High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Some of the negatives of electric shock therapy or electric convulsive therapy, ECT, is the proper acronym and way it's described is that it's quite invasive, right? This is something that you need to go to the hospital for and oftentimes there's some inpatient care required after the electric convulsive therapy. It's a fairly high cost, especially for those that don't have insurance. And of course it requires anesthesia. For most people, that's not going to be a problem, but for many people that could be a problem. And there's often some associated memory loss.
Conflict Watch
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.