Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - brief history and guidelines

• Main Authors: Ewa Krzewicka-Romaniuk (Author), Dagna Siedlecka (Author), Artur Romaniuk (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Kazimierz Wielki University, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective and safe methods of treatment used in psychiatry. The history of ECT in Poland dates back to 1861, when Vilnius doctor Klemens Maleszewski successfully applied electricity obtained from a galvanic cell to treat a patient with cata...