A nurse is performing patient education in anticipation of the client's first treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In the process of ECT, what is electricity is used to induce?
A) Temporary brain hypoxia
B) Amnesia
C) Seizure activity
D) Neural reorganization
Ans: C
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Inducing seizures as a means of therapy for mental illnesses dates back to the early 1700s, when camphor was used for this purpose. Modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), in which electricity is used to induce a convulsion, was introduced to psychiatric practice in the 1930s in Italy.
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