Again possible, but needs to be -systematically- demonstrated, not just anecdotally.
On Mar 20, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: > It also does not square with the findings of several studies indicating that > many or most patients who have undergone ECT describe the treatment as less > disturbing or frightening than a trip to the dentist: > > See e.g., http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/137/1/8 > > ....Scott > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology, Room 473 > Emory University > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > > > ________________________________________ > From: Allen Esterson [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:10 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re:[tips] How ECT Works? > > Paul Brandon wrote on ECT: >> And then there's the hypothesis that people change the way that >> they talk about themselves in order to avoid going through it again. > > Paul: Only someone who has no conception of the indescribable nightmare > of living through prolonged clinical depression could believe something > like that. > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > [email protected] > http://www.esterson.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Paul Brandon <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: How ECT Works? > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:34:59 -0500 > > And then there's the hypothesis that people change the way that they > talk about themselves in order to avoid going through it again. > > On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Michael Palij wrote: > >> A new research study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of >> Sciences (PNAS) claims that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reduces > the >> "crosstalk" among three neural networks in the brain, bringing their >> level back to that of nondepressed "normal" people. One population >> media is available here: >> > http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-electroshock-therapy-depression-20120319,0,5132405.story >> >> The PNAS article can be obtained here: >> http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/03/12/1117206109 >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=16823 > or send a blank email to > leave-16823-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > original message (including attachments). > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900b&n=T&l=tips&o=16824 > or send a blank email to > leave-16824-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=16827 or send a blank email to leave-16827-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
