电抽搐治疗精神疾病的发现与发展简史

Discovery and brief developmental history of electro-convulsive therapy in mentaldiseases

20世纪 30年代发现电抽搐疗法 (ECT) ,开辟了治疗精神疾病的新纪元 ,精神科医师第一次有了用物理方法治疗精神疾病的有效手段。ECT对某些发病率很高的精神疾病如内源性抑郁症、精神分裂症紧张型等 ,常可收到立竿见影的效果 ,6 0多年来拯救了无数的精神病人 ,即便在化学方法治疗精神疾病时代的今天 ,ECT仍然是精神科重要而有效的治疗手段。

With its introduction in 1938, electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) rapidly became accepted as a mainstream treatment. Its usage opened a new era intreatment of mental diseases. ECT is a very effective treatment for major psychosis with high incidence such as endogenous depression, catatonia in schizophrenia and so on. Until recently it still has a place in psychiatrical disorders even when effective antipsychotic chemicals are applied today.