Allen-- The severity of a problem is not proof of the effectiveness of a given treatment. The question here is what the most parsimonious explanation is of why people report that ECT is effective. We must at least consider alternative explanations before systematically eliminating them (see Mike Williams' post).
On Mar 20, 2012, at 3:10 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > Paul Brandon wrote on ECT: >> And then there's the hypothesis that people change the way that >> they talk about themselves in order to avoid going through it again. > > Paul: Only someone who has no conception of the indescribable nightmare > of living through prolonged clinical depression could believe something > like that. > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > allenester...@compuserve.com > http://www.esterson.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Paul Brandon <pkbra...@hickorytech.net> > Subject: Re: How ECT Works? > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:34:59 -0500 > > And then there's the hypothesis that people change the way that they > talk about themselves in order to avoid going through it again. > > On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Michael Palij wrote: > >> A new research study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of >> Sciences (PNAS) claims that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reduces > the >> "crosstalk" among three neural networks in the brain, bringing their >> level back to that of nondepressed "normal" people. One population >> media is available here: Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=16826 or send a blank email to leave-16826-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
