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Depression
Electroconvulsive Therapy
A
person typically will undergo ECT several times a week, and often
will need to take an antidepressant or other medication along with
the ECT treatments. Although some people will need only a few
courses of ECT, others may need maintenance ECT--usually once a
week at first, then gradually decreasing to monthly treatments.
Ongoing ECT research is aimed at developing personalized
maintenance ECT schedules.
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