What Do ECT, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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Multiple Choice

What do ECT, vagus nerve stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation have in common?

• A) They are used primarily to treat persons with mild forms of depression.
• B) Despite early promise, they have proved not to be effective treatments for depression.
• C) They are usually tried before medications to avoid medication-induced side effects.
• D) Research on their use suggests that brain stimulation is effective in treating severe forms of depression.

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Definitions:

Principles And Techniques

Foundational guidelines and methods applied in a specific field or discipline to achieve desired outcomes.

Treatment Package Strategy

An intervention strategy that combines multiple components or techniques to address a problem or achieve an outcome.

Control Condition

An experimental setup where the independent variable is not manipulated, serving as a baseline to compare against the experimental condition.

Parametric Strategy

A statistical approach relying on assumptions about the distribution of underlying data, used in the analysis of variables that are typically quantitative.