Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back

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Please support us on / minuteearth or as a YouTube Sponsor! Thanks to everyone who already does! • Shocking the brain has come and gone as a medical treatment, but it’s currently resurging, as it often provides the best form of relief for severe depression and advanced Parkinson’s disease. • ___________________________________________ • To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: • Electroshock therapy: the original name for treating severe depression with a series of brief electrical shocks to the brain • Electroconvulsive therapy: the current name for electroshock therapy • Deep brain stimulation: a treatment for advanced Parkinson’s that uses pulsed electrical signals to targeted brain regions • ___________________________________________ • Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd • Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ • And visit our website: https://www.minuteearth.com/ • Say hello on Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 • And Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC • And download our videos on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n • ___________________________________________ • Credits (and Twitter handles): • Script Writer: Peter Reich • Script Editor: Alex Reich (@alexhreich) • Video Illustrator: Arcadi Garcia • Video Director: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) • Video Narrator: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) • With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Ever Salazar, Emily Elert, David Goldenberg • Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: / drschroeder • • ___________________________________________ • References: • Arlotti M, et al 2016. The adaptive deep brain stimulation challenge. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 28: 12-17 • Benabid AL, S Chabardes, J Mitrofanis, P Polla. 2009. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Lancet Neurol. 8:67-81 • Leiknes KA, Jarosh-von Schweder L, Høie B. 2012. Contemporary use and practice of electroconvulsive therapy worldwide. Brain and Behavior 2(3):283-344 • Pagnin D, et al. 2004. Efficacy of ECT in Depression: A Meta-Analytic Review. J ECT 20:13-20 • Sienaert P, K Vansteeland, K Demyttenaere, J Peuskens. 2010. Randomized comparison of ultra-brief bifrontal and unilateral electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: cognitive side-effects. J Affective Disorders 122:60-67 • UK ECT Review Group, 2003. Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 361, 799–808.

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