Pinyin/Electroconvulsive therapy

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also called electroshock therapy. It used electric shock to induce spasms, is a way to treat psychotic illnesses. Hence in psychiatry is a physical method to treat severe depression, bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia, when medications and psychotherapy are useless. It originated in the 1930's, nowadays under the use of anesthetics and muscle relaxants are relatively safe. It has became a safe method of treatment for pregnant women with psychiatric illnesses (because antipsychotic medications might cause harm to the fetuses and teratism, while ECT only affects the brain, so is relatively safe.) In the early years there is no anesthetics, so can easily has spasms-induced complications, such as bone and teeth fractures.

Diànjìngluánliáofǎ (ECT), yě jiàozuò diànjīliáofǎ. Tā yòng diànjī de fāngfǎ lái yòufā jìngluán, shì zhìliáo jīngshénbìng de fāngfǎ. Shì jīngshénkē yònglái zhìliáo yánzhòng yōuyùzhèng, zàoyùzhèng hé jīngshénfēnlièzhèng de wùlǐliáofǎ, yóuqíshì dāng yàowù hé xīnlǐliáofǎ dōu wúxiào shí. Tā qǐyuán yú 1930 niándài, xiàndài zài mázuì hé jīròu sōngchíjì de shǐyòng xià, yǐjīng xiāngdāng ānquán. Bìng chéngwéi jīngshénbìng yùnfù bǐjiào ānquán de liáofǎ (yīnwèi jīngshénbìng yàowù kěnéng dǎozhì shānghài tāi'ér hé jīxíngtāi, ér ECT zhī yǐngxiǎng nǎobù, yīn'ér xiāngduì ānquán). Zǎonián méiyǒu mázuì, yīn'ér róngyì yǒu chōuchù zàochéng de gǔzhé huò yáchǐ duànliè de bìngfāzhèng.