Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Prog Brain Res. 2013;206:219-28. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63364-4.00029-6.
Sylvia Plath's well-known novel, The Bell Jar, recounts her experience of a severe depressive episode. In the novel, the protagonist is treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as was Plath in life. The first ECT is given in the now-obsolete "unmodified" form, without general anesthesia. Later in the story, she receives ECT again, this time with full general anesthesia and muscle relaxation, as is the standard of care today. This chapter examines how the novelistic descriptions of the treatment compare with actual clinical practice.
西尔维亚·普拉斯（Sylvia Plath）的著名小说《钟形罩》（The Bell Jar）讲述了她经历严重抑郁症发作的故事。在小说中，主人公接受了电痉挛疗法（ECT）的治疗，这与普拉斯在现实生活中的经历相同。第一次 ECT 采用的是现已过时的“未改良”形式，没有全身麻醉。在故事的后面，她再次接受 ECT 治疗，这次采用了全身麻醉和肌肉松弛，这是当今的标准治疗方法。本章探讨了小说中对治疗的描述与实际临床实践的比较。
