Folkerts H
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Reinhard-Nieter-Krankenhaus, Wilhelmshaven.
Ther Umsch. 2000 Feb;57(2):90-4. doi: 10.1024/0040-5930.57.2.90.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment in all types of major depression. On the other side ECT has long suffered from controversial public image, a reputation that has effectively removed it as treatment option for many patients. Today ECT is an effective and safe treatment for those with severe mental illness. Electroconvulsive therapy has undergone fundamental changes since its introduction 65 years ago. It is no longer a memory-modifying, fearsome treatment pictured in films. Anesthesia, controlled oxygenation, and muscle relaxation make the ECT so safe that the risks are less as those which accompany the use of several psychotropic drugs. Indeed, for the elderly, the systematic ill, and pregnant women, electroconvulsive therapy is a safer treatment for mental illness than any alternative.
电休克疗法（ECT）是各类重度抑郁症最有效的治疗方法。另一方面，ECT长期以来一直背负着有争议的公众形象，这种名声实际上已使它不再是许多患者的治疗选择。如今，ECT对于患有严重精神疾病的患者而言是一种有效且安全的治疗方法。自65年前问世以来，电休克疗法已经历了根本性的变革。它不再是电影中描绘的那种会改变记忆、令人恐惧的治疗方法。麻醉、可控的氧合作用和肌肉松弛使得ECT非常安全，其风险比使用几种精神药物所伴随的风险还要小。事实上，对于老年人、患有系统性疾病的人和孕妇来说，电休克疗法在治疗精神疾病方面比任何其他方法都更安全。
