Posted by Larry Hoover on September 8, 2004, at 8:06:35
In reply to Re: cranial impact therapy for major depression, posted by alesta on September 8, 2004, at 4:11:01
> cranial impact therapy....of *course*!!!<g>
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> well, i suppose "CIT" is one way to solve the problem, lol.:) ranks right up there with ECT, in my opinion, or maybe that was your point? in any event, good stuff..:)
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> amy:)Yes, that was indeed my point. There is this one 'gentleman' who keeps insisting that ECT is the most effective treatment for treatment-resistant major depression. He still advocates it to this day, in fact. Yet, he has not ever had it himself, despite being a perfect canditate (according to his own criteria).
The risk of permanent brain injury is not clearly settled, and I actually had a "do not ECT" contract with my pdoc. If I was ever so bad that I could not guide my own care, this contract would come into force, and subsitute decision-makers would be legally bound to not use ECT.
Anyway....
Lar
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