電でん気き痙けい攣れん療りょう法ほう

noun

electroconvulsive therapy; ECT

Medical term for a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced. Often abbreviated as ECT in English contexts.

• 重じゅう度どのうつ病びょうに対たいして、電でん気き痙けい攣れん療りょう法ほうが検けん討とうされることがある。

  Electroconvulsive therapy is sometimes considered for severe depression.