Posted by ChicagoKat on October 4, 2012, at 18:53:28
In reply to Re: Does ect do more harm than good?, posted by JONO_IN_ADELAIDE on October 4, 2012, at 18:39:34
> I dont think it should ever be used just because they dont know what else to do, but I think it has a place for carefuly selected patients - maybe its more commonly used in the US than here?
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> Also, after the series you need intensive drug therapy (usualy combination) to stop the depression relapsing
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> Also, i think its only usefull in endrogenous/biochemical depression, not reactive/atypicalWell, I believe I'm more the reactive/atypical type, so no wonder it did no good, but my pdoc at the time certainly didn't check that out. I think she just saw dollar signs.
Kat
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