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ECT
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ECT
abbr.
electroconvulsive therapy
ECT
abbreviation for
(Psychiatry) electroconvulsive therapy
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Noun1.ECT - the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and comaECT - the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy
electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism - the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
shock therapy, shock treatment - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
Translations
ECT [ˌiːsiːˈtiː] n abbr (=electroconvulsive therapy) → traitement m par électrochocs, électrochocs mpl
ectopic pregnancy [ɛkˈtɒpɪk] n → grossesse f extra-utérine
ECT abbr of electroconvulsive therapy → Elektroschock m, → Elektrokrampftherapie f
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Lighter stuff may not need moving boxes of even that much ECT.
Balancing the Cheap Moving Boxes Budget by Sunil Punjabi / Business community
ECT has proven effective for lifting major depression in 75 percent to 80 percent of patients, according to a study published in the December 2001 issue of the Journal of ECT.
ECT debate: A danger, or effective therapy? by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
It randomized 319 patients with treatment-resistant major depression to nortriptyline, venlafaxine (Effexor), or placebo concurrent with either high-dose right unilateral ECT or low-dose bilateral ECT.
Nortriptyline may aid ECT efficacy by Sullivan, Michele G. / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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