Electroconvulsive Therapy

-ECT vs. TMS therapy- Discuss the topic….. either confirm or disprove via the literature.

 

Requirement:

Posts to demonstrate quality and critical thinking as noted per the syllabus must be no less than 300 words (not including references). Failure to meet the criteria will result in 0 points being awarded.

Per APA and graduate studies standards, all references must be 5 years or newer and posts are required to have in-text citations and refernces (1 point will be deducted from each post that do not meet the standards). At least 3 references peer review articles within 5 years of publication in the United States of America.

DB2667:

1.What is Visual Spatial Memory?

 

  1. Why and how is it important in the case examples?

 

Requirement:

Posts to demonstrate quality and critical thinking as noted per the syllabus must be no less than 300 words (not including references). Failure to meet the criteria will result in 0 points being awarded.

Per APA and graduate studies standards, all references must be 5 years or newer and posts are required to have in-text citations and refernces (1 point will be deducted from each post that do not meet the standards). At least 3 references peer review articles within 5 years of publication in the United States of America.

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. The health status of patients presenting anxiety symptoms did not show any improvement when the rTMS was implemented. Ross, Zivin, and Maixner (2018) justify ECT’s effectiveness in improving clinical outcomes. Hence, if this intervention is provided earlier in managing TRD, it could stabilize the patients’ health due to its efficacy as an antidepressant. This method is also cost-effective since it reduces the costs incurred in failed treatment cases among patients who have tried different pharmacotherapies. Furthermore, ECT is covered by health insurance, unlike rTMS, thus adding to its cost-effectiveness. Despite ECT having more side effects than rTMS, Ross et al. (2018) reveal that patients prefer it since it is financially available. Despite this case, Sackeim (2017) endorses the implementation of ECT since it reduces patients’ recovery time and mortality rates when applied as a short-term

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