Regarding the Effectiveness of ECT

question 61

Multiple Choice

Regarding the effectiveness of ECT:

• A) patients receiving ECT no longer require the use of muscle relaxants and anaesthesia.
• B) no one knows for certain just how or why it works.
• C) its ability to help people who are suicidal is more likely when it is accompanied by a cingulotomy.
• D) its success often depends on the use of drug therapy.

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Definitions:

Deviance Criterion

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DSM

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