regulates mood.. These chemicals then produce changes throughout the body.
4. Brain Damage Theory - ECT, in this view, is said to damage the brain resulting in memory loss and disorientation that creates an illusion that problems are gone, as well as euphoria, which is a frequently observed result of brain injury. However, both effects are said to be temporary.
5. Psychological theory - This view, according to the Mental Health Foundation (2005:1) states that depressed people (the group most frequently given ECT) often feel guilty, and ECT satisfies their need for punishment. When this is combined with the dramatic nature of ECT and the nursing care afterwards, patients begin to feel that they are being taken seriously. Thus, what produces the change is really a placebo effect.
In terms of nursing intervention, Kurlowicz (2003: 185-206) has noted that nurses have been
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