After a Near-Fatal Suicide Attempt, Emily Was Hospitalized for Major

Multiple Choice

After a near-fatal suicide attempt, Emily was hospitalized for major depressive disorder. Because the risk of suicide continued to be high, Emily's psychiatrist suggested a series of ECT treatments because:

A) Emily's suicidal behavior needed to be punished.
B) compared to using antidepressant medications, ECT can potentially relieve the symptoms of major depressive disorder much more quickly, sometimes within days.
C) the therapeutic benefits of ECT usually last much longer than treatment with antidepressant medications.
D) ECT causes severe memory loss and Emily is not likely to remember why she wanted to commit suicide in the first place.