Results for: ect guidelines” Your search came up with 2 results: Volumes/Issues / Volume 5 (2016) / Issue 2 May-August 2016 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY EFFECTS ON COGNITION AND MEMORY AND NURSE’S ROLE Tuesday, January 5, 2016Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is brain stimulation with a short controlled series of electrical pulses co-administered with intravenous anesthesia. Aims: The aim of this review is the evaluation of electroconvulsive effect as a first and second choice psychiatric treatment associated with memory impairment effects. Method: A literature review Volumes/Issues / Volume 4 (2015) / Issue 1 January - April 2015 Electroconvulsive therapy a therapeutic choice in psychiatry Thursday, January 1, 2015Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is brain stimulation with a short controlled series of electrical pulses which are co-administered with intravenous anesthesia. Aim: Evaluation of electroconvulsive effect as a first and second choice treatment. Methods: A literature search was made in the data base Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, Cochrane