U.S., April 15 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07527234) titled 'ECCA's Turkish Validity and Reliability Study and Comparison With Other Cognitive Assessment Tests' on March 13.
Brief Summary: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the oldest biological treatment methods used in psychiatry, based on inducing widespread seizures in the brain with externally applied controlled electrical currents. It was first applied in 1938 by Italian physician Ugo Cerletti and his assistant Lucio Bini. A 1974 report by the American Psychiatric Association stated that ECT was effective in treating depression, mania, and refractory schizophrenia, and it is still used today as an effective and safe method, part...