You've probably heard the term "shock treatment" used to describe electroconvulsive therapy or ECT. Psychiatrists don't like the term because of the stigma surrounding it, which they say prevents the ...

Dr Read describes previous research justifying the use of ECT as 'the lowest quality of any I have seen in my 40-year career' The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat depression should be ...

A new international online survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders gives voice to the lived experiences of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for the treatment of severe mental illness in adolescents is safe, effective, and robust, new research suggests. A 20-year retrospective study by ...

Dr. McDonald answers the question: 'What Is Maintenance Shock Therapy?' — -- Question: How long will I need to do electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and what is maintenance ECT? Answer: ECT is ...

Longer seizures during the first electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) session was linked with a greater likelihood of remission in major depressive disorder, a population-based cohort study suggested. In ...

Intravenous ketamine is effective for treating depression but is inferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), new research suggests. In the first head-to-head trial, ECT was more effective than IV ...

ECT response–guided sequential strategy. This strategy comprises two phases. In the initial phase, the goal is to exploit the advantage of ECT in rapidly inducing mood improvement and then to ...

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 ...

Dr Read describes previous research justifying the use of ECT as 'the lowest quality of any I have seen in my 40-year career' ECT involves passing electric currents through a patient's brain to cause ...