It is hard to overstate the e? ect on the economy.

对经济的影响怎么说都不过分。

Participants were patients already being treated with ECT.

参与者都是经过ECT治疗的患者。

Most patients treated with ECT have two or three sessions per week for several weeks.

多数接受 ECT 的病人在连续周内，每周都会接受次的治疗。

Then just before an ECT session they were shown one of the stories again to reactivate that particular memory.

在做ECT之前，他们会再次看其中的一张图卡来重新激活特定记忆。

For example, ECT triggers the release of certain neurotransmitters, molecules that help carry signals between neurons and influence mental health.

例如，ECT会触发某些神经递质的释放，帮助在神经元之间传递信号影响心理健康的分子。

Interestingly, ECT maintenance works better when paired with medication, even in patients who were resistant to medication before.

有趣的是，ECT的作用和药物搭配效果更好，即使是对药物有抗药性的病人来说。

ECT carried a deep stigma, leftover from a history that bears little resemblance to the modern procedure.

ECT带有很深的污名，历史遗留下来的东西，与现代乎没有什么相似之处。

The flood of electrical activity sparked by ECT alters that chemistry.

ECT触发的大量电活动改变了这种化学作用。

As we come to a better understanding of the brain, we'll likely be able to make ECT even more effective.

当我们对大脑有了更好的了解时，我们很有可能使ECT发挥更大的效用。

Yes. Now, we should mention that one of the side-effects of ECT is memory loss - so why is this surprising?

是的。现在我们应该提ECT的副作用，记忆缺失--所以为什么这让人觉得很惊讶？

What's fascinating is that despite its proven track record, we still don't know exactly why ECT works.

令人着迷的是，尽管这个记录已被证实有效，但我们还不知道ECT为什么会起作用。

Modern ECT is much safer than it used to be, but patients can still experience side effects.

现在的ECT比以前安全多了，但患者仍会出现副作用。

The results were remarkable, after the ECT they forgot the story they just looked at, while the memory of the other story was unaffected.

结果非常显着，经过ECT治疗之后，他们忘记了刚刚看过的故事，而另一个故事的记忆没有受影响。

It's properly called electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, and it involves sending a brief electrical current through the brain of an anesthetized patient.

它被恰当地称为电休克疗法， 或 ECT，它涉及通过麻醉患者的大脑发送短暂的电流。

In 1995, more than a decade after her first course of ECT, the nurse decided to publish an account of her experience.

1995年，在她第一次接受ECT治疗十多年后，护士决定把她的经历公之于众。

Half or more of those who undergo treatment experience an improvement in their symptoms. Most patients treated with ECT have two or three sessions per week for several weeks.

在接受治疗的人中，有一半以上的人的症状有所改善。大多数接受ECT治疗的患者在每周有次疗，持续数周。

ECT is commonly used to treat severe cases of major depression or bipolar disorder in patients who haven't responded to other therapies, or who have had adverse reactions to medication.

ECT通常用于治疗严重抑郁症或双性取向情感障碍的患者，这些患者对其他疗法没有反应，或者对药物有不良反应。

Because of the stigma surrounding the treatment, she worried that doing so might negatively impact her personal and professional life, but she knew ECT could make a difference for patients when all else failed.

因为笼罩着治疗的污名，她担心这样做可能会对她的个人和职业生活产生负面影响，但她知道，当所有其它方法都失败时，ECT可能会对病人产生效用。