How to Use electroconvulsive therapy in a Sentence

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  • This stay lasts four months, and is finally brought to a close by treatment with electroconvulsive therapy.
    — Anna Altman, The New Republic, 11 Nov. 2021
  • All of this comes together in his account of electroconvulsive therapy, which Antrim believes preserved his life.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • In the past, researchers have found that anti-depressants and even behavioral therapy and electroconvulsive therapy just don’t work for everyone that suffers from MDD.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Doctors use electroconvulsive therapy to treat him, and Paxton's first and only treatment endows him with a freakish sixth sense that leads to uncommon, truly heroic experiences on the job.
    — Courier Journal Staff, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2021
  • It can be measured by the 60 electroconvulsive therapy treatments, the 11 hospital stays or seven therapists.
    — USA Today, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Doctors in Italy first used electroconvulsive therapy in 1938 to treat schizophrenia; in the decades that followed, the treatment spread to other countries and other disorders, especially depression.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2012
  • Instead, doctors treat him with ketamine and electroconvulsive therapy, with mixed results.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2022
  • Currently, electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, is the quickest and most effective pathway for such patients.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • In cases that don’t respond to therapy or meds, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — electrical shocks that stimulate the brain while the patient is under anesthesia — can help some people find relief from symptoms.
    — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Research also suggests that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be helpful for schizophrenia that isn’t responding well to other treatments.
    — Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
  • Hospitalized this time in the state capital of Madison, 60 miles away, Mr. Statz underwent electroconvulsive therapy.
    — Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The treatment is less invasive than electroconvulsive therapy, which works by inducing seizures in patients under anesthesia.
    — CBS News, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The committee should also encourage greater use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
    — D. J. Jaffe, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
  • There are three types of treatments: medication, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in more severe cases.
    — Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Braibanti was convicted after a complaint from his partner’s father, who later forced his son to be treated with electroconvulsive therapy in an ill-conceived attempt to rid him of his homosexuality.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
  • His treatments included electroconvulsive therapy, during which doctors use electric currents to spark a brain seizure, and also narcotizing drugs.
    — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Studies show that electroconvulsive therapy, which involves a brief electrical stimulation of the brain while a patient is under anesthesia, is effective in between 80 and 90 percent of patients, Dr. Appelbaum said.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Carol and Anna both undergo electroconvulsive therapy, and Carol has sporadic access to talk therapy.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
  • So have Chinese media accounts of abuses, like beatings, electroconvulsive therapy and solitary confinement.
    — New York Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • These subjects, says Calhoun, were more likely to respond to treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a treatment generally reserved for those with depression that is unresponsive to less invasive therapies.
    — Hannah Thomasy, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • This drug, iproniazid, would become the world's first antidepressant, launching an era of rapid development of psychoactive drugs while simultaneously moving the field of psychiatry away from the treatment du jour: electroconvulsive therapy.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016
  • On average, the study participants had tried seven antidepressants and 55 percent of participants had failed to respond positively to the extreme measures of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)--seizures brought on by electrical current.
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2010
  • The illness is temporary, and in addition to antipsychotic and antidepressant medications, electroconvulsive therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Also, for chronic recurrent depression that can be difficult to treat, additional options like electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be very effective.
    — Madelyn Fernstrom, NBC News, 1 June 2018
  • More specialized treatments — ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, and transcranial magnetic and vagus nerve stimulation — are available but come with cumbersome mechanics, higher costs and side effects.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Then the finale documents various treatments used today, including deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electroconvulsive therapy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
  • These conclusions miss key clues, Farah says, such as how Hemingway's condition actually worsened after receiving normally curative electroconvulsive therapy, a contradiction that inspired him to start writing his book.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The movement, driven by academic researchers and current and former mental health patients, rejects many psychiatric diagnoses and practices, including electroconvulsive therapy, seclusion therapy and the prescribing of medication.
    — Julia Carmel, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The movement, driven by academic researchers and current and former mental health patients, rejects many psychiatric diagnoses and practices, including electroconvulsive therapy, seclusion therapy, and the prescribing of medication.
    — Julia Carmel, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Sarah’s intractable depression, which had not responded even to electroconvulsive therapy, yielded after an experimental treatment conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2021

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