In ECT treatment, patients get a muscle relaxant and an anesthetic and an electrical current is passed to part of their brains, triggering a brief seizure that can help treat the depression.

在电击治疗中，医生给患者使用肌肉松弛剂和麻醉剂，并让电流通过患者大脑的部分区域，电流可引发疾病短时间突然发作，有助于治疗抑郁症。

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Patients with depression who have failed to respond to an adequate pharmacotherapy regimen may achieve an "unstable" remission with ECT and still need aggressive continued treatment.

抑郁患者对恰适的药物治疗方法无效者，可能在ECT治疗后处于一种“不稳定”缓和状态。 但是此时仍然需要持续的积极治疗。

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For years, a treatment called electroconvulsive therapy (ect) also known as "electric shock treatment" has been used to induce seizures in anesthetized patients for therapeutic results.

多年来，一种被称作“电惊厥疗法”的治疗手段被用来使患者瞬间麻痹以获得良好的效果，这种疗法亦被称作“电击疗法”。

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On Friday, a majority of experts on the panel expressed support for classifying ECT devices as high risk for the treatment of depression and several other conditions.

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For decades psychiatrists have used shock therapy to treat cases of depression that haven't been helped by antidepressant medications, and in recent years the treatment -- now known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) -- has experienced something of a revival.

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