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Garrulous · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The rationale for shocking the brains of mental patients to produce a seizure was that

A) psychiatric patients show abnormal electrical activity of the cortex.
B) painful shock made the patients more manageable.
C) the occurrence of a brain seizure appeared to reduce symptoms in psychiatric patients.
D) large doses of insulin had been shown to normalize brain activity.
E) such treatments curbed inappropriate behavior.

Question 2

A major difference between electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) and treatment using antidepressant drugs is that

A) antidepressant drugs act more rapidly to lift depression than does ECT.
B) antidepressant drugs are more likely to impair memory.
C) ECT has fewer dangerous side effects.
D) ECT lifts depression faster than do antidepressant drugs.
E) antidepressant drugs may work in depressed persons who do not respond to ECT.

SAUXC · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C
Rationale: The rationale for shocking the brains of mental patients to produce a seizure was that the occurrence of a brain seizure appeared to reduce symptoms in psychiatric patients.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D
Rationale: A major difference between electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) and treatment using antidepressant drugs is that ECT lifts depression faster than do antidepressant drugs.