From shock therapies to new neuromodulation techniques

摘要: The first shock therapies date back to 1933 with the Sakel therapy. Electric induction experiments led electroconvulsive therapy used by Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini in 1938. Today, transcranial magnetic stimulation offers new therapeutic perspectives for treatment of mental disorders. Similarly, deep brain techniques have been developed compulsive obsessive disorders severe treatment-resistant depression.