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When is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used to treat depression?
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Sometimes mental health professionals will suggest ECT to people who have treatment-resistant depression (ie, depression which does not respond to ADs or talk-therapy).
An alternative is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) - there is an account of it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation .
Perhaps this is something that you could discuss with your care team.
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