Patients and family members of those who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reported a mixed bag of information being given beforehand. According to a survey of 858 ECT recipients, 59% ...
When seriously depressed patients don’t respond to antidepressants, the alternatives are limited. Now a new study has found that ketamine performs at least as well as the current gold standard for ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electroconvulsive therapy involves inducing a controlled seizure under anesthesia. Inkoly/iStock via Getty Images Plus When most ...
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 ...
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 ...
Around one in three patients with major depression falls into this treatment-resistant category. The research team examined how three neurostimulation techniques—Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), ...
As I walked into the room adjacent to the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) suite, images of a strapped down, fully awake Jack Nicholson jolting flashed in my mind. Since watching unmodified ECT in “One ...
Australian child and youth psychiatrist James Scott, MBBS, believes that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be lifesaving for some unwell patients, including minors. His view has been shaped partly ...
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 ...
An international survey of ECT recipients found that over half felt they weren't given adequate information about the treatment beforehand. Many patients remember being told that ECT was safe and that ...
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 ...