Erschienen in:
15.11.2017 | Pioneers in Neurology
Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963)
verfasst von:
Stefano Sandrone, Marco Cambiaghi
Erschienen in:
Journal of Neurology
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Ausgabe 3/2018
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Excerpt
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was developed in the 1930s by the Italian neurologist Ugo Cerletti and is still adopted in severe depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia when standard treatments do not work. However, despite decades of modifications and increased safety and efficacy, ECT still encounters criticism. …