All of the Following Statements Are True About ECT EXCEPT

question 105

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true about ECT EXCEPT

• A) electric shock is administered directly to the brain for less than a second.
• B) patient response to antidepressant medication is poor.
• C) for severely depressed patients with psychotic features, approximately 25% of those not responding to medication will benefit.
• D) ECT treatments are administered every other day for a total of 6 to 10 treatments.

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UCS

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The philosophical concept that all events, including moral choices, are determined completely by previously existing causes.

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a method of interpretation and analysis in psychology, linguistics, and anthropology that views elements of human culture in terms of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure.

Pantheism

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