Study finds electrotherapy dampens brain connections

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 11:20 in Health & Medicine

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered how electroconvulsive or electric shock therapy - a controversial but effective treatment - acts on the brains of severely depressed people and say the finding could help improve diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.

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