Macroeconomics

Intensive care medicine

Electroconvulsive therapy

Memory problems

Depression (economics)

Psychiatry

Economics

Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)

Psychology

Psychotherapist

Internal medicine

Dementia

Medicine

Disease

New England Journal of Medicine

ECT is effective for several disorders, particularly severe or treatment-resistant depression, with a rapid response, but stigma has impeded its use. The mechanism is not known, but a seizure is required for efficacy. Effects on memory are prominent though usually transient.

Electroconvulsive Therapy