TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
PSYCHOTHERAPY
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paranoid personality disorder
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
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schizophrenia
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major depression
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Detailed explanation-1: -Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment most commonly used in patients with severe major depression or bipolar disorder that has not responded to other treatments.
Detailed explanation-2: -ECT is used mainly to treat severe depression, but is also indicated for patients with other conditions, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, catatonia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is, along with antidepressants and psychotherapy, one of the three major treatments of depression, it is still considered as the last resort for depressed patients.
Detailed explanation-4: -Psychosis is perhaps the best-established predictor of ECT response.