Brookside Institute Journal

February 20, 2008
Volume 1, Issue 1

Neuroscience News: Return of ECT
By Anna Miller

In the past few years, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or “electric shock therapy” has made a surprising comeback. More psychiatrists are looking at ECT for severely depressed patients who are not responding to medicine.

Numerous studies over the past 40 years have shown ECT to be effective. In 2003, a study conducted in the United Kingdom concluded that ECT was more effective for short-term treatment of depression than drug treatment.

However, ECT is a procedure that many have described as “gruesome”. ECT induces a clonic seizure (a seizure where the person loses consciousness and has convulsions) lasting for at least 15 seconds. It also has severe common side-effects including memory loss, confusion and cognitive problems. For many, the treatment is worse than the disease.

Brookside Institute’s NeuroScience Center has advanced far beyond the out-dated ECT. Magno-EEG Resonant Therapy (MERT), unique to Brookside Institute, is a non-invasive, relatively painless procedure that is able to normalize a person’s brainwave without the electrical voltage used in ECT. MERT uses an electromagnetic field to tune up or down specific brainwaves. The location, frequency and duration of the MERT treatment is based in the individual’s EEG to provide the precise field to bring the brainwave back into balance.

For more information on MERT, please visit Brookside Institute’s NeuroScience Center website at http://NeuroScienceCenter.BrooksideInstitute.com.

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