Assertion: ect | /r/HasProperty | life-saving treatment
Facets:
value: potentially
type: MANNER
value: for people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: literally
type: MANNER
value: in such cases
type: OTHER
value: for those with catatonic features
type: OTHER
value: for a selected population of patients
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for these individuals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: despite common misconceptions
type: OTHER
value: because of the science
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: ECT is often a life-saving treatment, which has been withheld from many until late in the course of their illness because of the social stigma, not because of the science.
text: Despite common misconceptions, Electroconvulsive Therapy is effective, safe and even potentially lifesaving, delivering rapid results in critical situations.
text: For these individuals, ECT can be life saving," says Søren D. Østergaard.
text: He writes, “There is no doubt that ECT is effective and life-saving for a selected population of patients.
text: ECT can be a life-saving procedure for those with catatonic features associated with severe depression or schizophrenia.
text: In addition, considering that ECT can lower the mortality rate of depressed patients back to normal levels, one author has suggested that ECT should be considered potentially lifesaving and has no absolute contraindications.
text: In such cases, ECT can literally be a life-saving intervention,” said Lawrence Price, M.D.
text: As such, ECT can be a life-saving treatment because it is rapidly effective, even when other treatments fail.
text: ECT can be a life-saving treatment for people who are at risk of suicide, or who are not eating or drinking because of their depression.
text: Opinions are often polarised; some consider electroconvulsive therapy to be effective and potentially lifesaving whereas others regard it as unhelpful and harmful and campaign energetically for it to be banned.