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Treatment Dilemmas: ECT for Depressed Teens

Psychopharmacology and Psychiatry Updates

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Exploring ECT as a Treatment for Adolescent Depression

This chapter delves into the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treating severe depression and suicidality in adolescents. It emphasizes the critical need for viable treatment options and presents research indicating that ECT has a success rate of over 70% among young patients.

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