Despite decades of research, the exact mechanism of action of<unk>  remains elusive. Neuroimaging studies in people who have had<unk> , investigating differences between responders and nonresponders, and people who relapse, find that responders have anticonvulsant effects mostly in the frontal lobes, which corresponds to immediate responses, and neurotrophic effects primarily in the medial temporal lobe. The anticonvulsant effects are decreased blood flow and decreased metabolism, while the neurotrophic effects are opposite - increased perfusion and metabolism, as well as increased volume of the hippocampus. A recently proposed mechanism of action is that the seizures induced by<unk>  cause a profound change in sleep architecture; it is this change in the state of the organism that drives the therapeutic effects of<unk>  and not any simple change in the release of neurotransmitters, neurotrophic factors and/or hormones.
Electroconvulsive therapy
Brief psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Cognitive therapy
Suicide intervention
Institutional psychotherapy
Insight-oriented psychotherapy
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy