Do you have to be hospitalized for ECT?

Do you have to be hospitalized for ECT?

ECT is commonly done on an outpatient basis, but may be done as inpatient treatment when patients require hospitalization due to severe suicidality or inability to eat.

When would a doctor prescribe ECT?

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment most commonly used in patients with severe major depression or bipolar disorder that has not responded to other treatments. ECT involves a brief electrical stimulation of the brain while the patient is under anesthesia.

Does Cleveland Clinic do ECT?

Specialists from Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Behavioral Health perform ECT at Lutheran Hospital and at Marymount Hospital, Cleveland Clinic hospitals.

Is ECT covered by medical?

All health insurance companies cover ECT treatment, including Medicare. ECT is performed at highly regarded university and research medical centers including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Duke, Mayo, UCLA and UCSF. MISCONCEPTION: ECT causes brain damage.

Who is ECT Not recommended for?

Not everyone is a candidate for treatment even if they believe ECT could help them. For example, children under age eleven cannot undergo ECT for mental health disorders. People with heart conditions and people who cannot handle short-acting sedatives or muscle relaxers should not undergo ECT treatments.

Can ECT damage your brain?

Despite many scientific and governmental authorities having concluded that ECT does not cause brain damage, there is significant evidence that ECT has indeed caused brain damage in some patients, both historically and recently, and evidence that it always causes some form or degree of brain damage.

Who is not a good candidate for electroconvulsive therapy?

What happens when ECT doesn’t work?

If nothing else has helped, including ECT, and you are still severely depressed, you may be offered neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD), deep brain stimulation (DBS) or vagus nerve stimulation (VNS).

How is ECT done today?

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure, done under general anesthesia, in which small electric currents are passed through the brain, intentionally triggering a brief seizure. ECT seems to cause changes in brain chemistry that can quickly reverse symptoms of certain mental health conditions.

Who is not a candidate for ECT?

How much does ECT cost?

ECT treatments cost $300 to $1,000 per treatment, with an initial course requiring five to 15 treatments followed by 10 to 20 maintenance treatments per year, the researchers noted. That means the annual cost can be more than $10,000, compared with a cost of several hundred dollars for many antidepressant medications.

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