Abstract
Copyright: © 2013 Youssef NA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Despite advances in treatment of depression, Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) is still one of the most serious conditions. Severe depression has a huge negative impact on morbidity and mortality due to both mental and physical health of individuals, families, and society. Whether for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Bipolar Disorder (BD), Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) has been the most potent and most rapidly acting form of treatment for TRD and/or sociality over the last 70 years.
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