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the treatment of mental disorder, especially severe depression, in which convulsions and loss of consciousness are produced by the passage of electric current through the brain.
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A procedure in which an electric current is briefly applied to produce a seizure. This is used for relief of depressive symptoms or to ease depression that is not responding well to other forms of treatment.
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when delivered in the appropriate manner, it is a relatively non-invasive means to deal with severe depression with a minimal of adverse effects. It probably has received more of a bad reputation than it deserves. It involves either administering an electric current to one (unilateral) or both sides of the brain (bilateral).
Ãâó: www.therubins.com/geninfo/Definit.htm
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a procedure causing a brief convulsion by passing an electric current through the brain; used to treat some mental disorders.
Ãâó: www.frankfordhospitals.org/healthinfo/adult/mental...
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The temperature at the upper limit of the thermal comfort zone at which the pig starts to pant to increase the evaporative heat loss from its lungs. A good measure is 50 to 60 breaths per minute. Pigs appetite is suppressed, with reduced growth rates and reproductive performance and depressed feed efficiency.
Ãâó: www.dpi.qld.gov.au/pigs/8014.html
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