The person is given a general anaesthesia and medications for relaxing muscles. Electrodes are attached on the scalp of the person’s head, and low electric current is passed in order to induce a brief seizure, which lasts up to a minute, after which the person wakes up and is functional again.
The benefits of ECT for Alzheimer’s include reduced agitation, aggression, and symptoms of depression in cases when medications and talk therapy are not effective.
It depends on the severity of the patient’s symptoms and how they are responding to the ECT treatment.
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