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でんりょうほう 電気療法
Noun
1. electroconvulsive therapy; ECT
Wikipedia definition
2. Electroconvulsive therapyElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Its mode of action is unknown. Today, ECT is most often recommended for use as a treatment for severe depression that has not responded to other treatment, and is also used in the treatment of mania and catatonia.
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Other forms
電気痙攣療法 【でんきけいれんりょうほう】

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