ECT is not considered for garden-variety depression. If it's more refractory, if other treatments have failed or it's suicidal depression and you don't have time to wait around to see if a medication is going to work, it's considered the gold standard of treatment. |
Electroconvulsive therapy is not considered for garden-variety depression. If it's more refractory, if other treatments have failed or it's suicidal depression, and you don't have time to wait around to see if a medication is going to work, it's considered the gold standard of treatment. |
The FDA is a cautious regulatory body, and they need to be cautious. |
The FDA is a cautious regulatory body, and they need to be cautious. On the other hand, it can cause hysteria because people take it to be cause-and-effect. They don't really understand that they (the FDA) are warning us there may be a correlation. |