Therapeutic Uses of Seizures in Neuropsychiatry.

Although seizures typically indicate a state of brain dysfunction, there are circumstances in which the biological effects of a seizure may exert therapeutic benefits. The standard technique for inducing controlled therapeutic seizures in humans is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a treatment that involves the application of an electrical stimulus to the scalp of a patient under general anesthesia and muscle relaxation. This review discusses the contemporary use of ECT for treating certain mental and neurologic disorders and previews two experimental forms of seizure therapy that are related to ECT and may hold promise for the future: focal electrically administered seizure therapy and magnetic seizure therapy.

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  2019

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• Publication date

  2019-01-01

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  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1176/APPI.FOCUS.20180023PMID 31975954PMCID PMC6493150
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