Ugo Cerletti, the First Psychiatrist to Use ECT Effectively, Later

question 166

Multiple Choice

Ugo Cerletti, the first psychiatrist to use ECT effectively, later abandoned the procedure because of:

• A) the advent of antipsychotic medications.
• B) the likelihood that convulsions caused by it would result in broken bones and dislocated joints.
• C) the trend toward using bilateral rather than unilateral shock.
• D) better results from using insulin.

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