Leading international professional associations have issued a joint statement taking a clear stance on electroconvulsive ...

ORLANDO, Florida ― In individuals with severe depression who are treated with electrode convulsive therapy (ECT), electrode placement and patient age may have a significant influence on treatment ...

Miranda was struggling with debilitating depression and suicidal ideation after trying countless treatments and therapy prescribed by her doctor. The team of mental health experts at Huntsman Mental ...

ATLANTA ― Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), an effective treatment option for treatment-resistant depression, may also be effective for patients with schizophrenia, new research suggests. In a large ...

When Jane[*] finished her series of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), her mother was furious—but not for the reasons you'd expect. Her daughter had undergone a series of procedures in which doctors at ...

Electroencephalography ECT treatments helped to reduce symptoms in 4 patients with varying mental illnesses. The 4 case studies include “real people, real results” with different applications of ECT, ...

Leading international professional associations have issued a joint statement taking a clear stance on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and calling for a scientific and evidence-based presentation of ...

After reading 3,000 Pulses Later in 48 hours, two questions pounded in my head. How does a psychiatrist determine whether TMS (trans-cranial magnetic stimulation) or ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) is ...

George Kirov receives funding from: funding for research in genetics, but it has nothing to do with the ECT work. I am a member of the Labour party. The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat ...

When I moved from being a psychiatric patient to being a psychiatrist, I thought that was it. I don’t suppose I thought it was possible to be both, and I was enormously relieved that I had crossed ...

A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked about the childhood adversities or recent life stressors that they believe ...