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Electroshock treatment underused
A study shows that Portugal is treating few people with psychiatric illness using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), popularly known as electroshock, despite response rates reaching 80 to 90 percent in antidepressant-resistant depression.
The research of the Porto Medical School (FMUP), CINTESIS - Health Technologies and Services Research Centre and the Tâmega e Sousa Hospital Centre (CHTS), to which Lusa had access on 14 April, assessed, for the first time, the use of electroshock in people with psychiatric illness admitted to public hospitals nationwide.
The work concluded that treatment with electroshock is being underused in Portugal, despite being proven fast, safe and effective in a number of psychiatric illnesses.
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Ivanka Trump visits Miami-Dade food distribution; President calls in
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – First daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump was in southwest Miami Dade on Tuesday morning to help load cars with fresh produce at a food distribution outside King Jesus Ministry.
Hundreds of cars lined up for hours to be among the 1,000 families receiving the boxes from Seed to Table and Farm Share.
For families struggling with finances in a pandemic, the weekly food distribution at the church (14100 SW 144th Avenue) is lifesaving.
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“For a lot of people like my brother, they need it. They have a family,” said Jorge Mota, who was picking up food for his brother, who lost his job.