Mental health boss defends use of controversial ECT shock therapy for depression
The treatment involves sending an electric current through a patient s brain.
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A Greater Manchester mental health chief has defended the use of a controversial treatment which involves running an electrical current through patients brains.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - formerly known as shock or electroshock therapy - has been used since the 1930s but is now being heavily criticised by experts who question the evidence behind it.
No new coronavirus-related deaths recorded by hospitals in Greater Manchester for second day running
The latest NHS figures leave the regional hospital death toll at 5,879 since the start of the pandemic
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No new coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded by hospitals in Greater Manchester for the second day running.
No new coronavirus-related deaths recorded by hospitals in Greater Manchester
The region s coronavirus hospital death toll stands at 5,879, the latest NHS figures show
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No new coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded by hospitals in Greater Manchester.
The region s coronavirus hospital death toll stands at 5,879, the latest NHS figures show.
Fishing is being prescribed on the NHS to treat people in Greater Manchester with anxiety and depression in a UK first manchestereveningnews.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from manchestereveningnews.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Can there be anything more relaxing than sitting on the bank of a river, fishing, watching the water gently flow past, surrounded by wildlife and flowers and with the sun on your face?
And might this also be a treatment for depression and anxiety? The idea is not as strange as it sounds. In fact, fishing is being prescribed on the NHS. Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust is the first to pilot the scheme.
It is part of ‘social prescribing’, something which has become a buzzword in medicine. It aims to view patients holistically and encourage doctors to understand there are not just biological or psychological aspects to how someone becomes ill, but social factors too.