How Electroconvulsive Therapy Saves Lives Electroconvulsive therapy is often portrayed as a barbaric, brain-destroying practice. But many physicians and patients say it’s the “gold standard” for ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy, involves inducing a brief seizure in the brain using controlled doses of electricity. While ECT is highly effective for certain ...

A newly published analysis reveals that individuals with severe depression who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were 34% less likely to die by suicide compared to those treated with standard ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), sometimes referred to as shock treatment, changes certain areas of the brain that play a role in how people feel, learn and respond to positive and negative ...

The Showtime drama "Yellowjackets" has repeatedly received praise for its portrayal of trauma, but a recent episode in particular has people buzzing. In it, we see that Simone Kessell's Lottie was so ...

I have previously written here about the efficacy and risks of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the information ECT patients are given, its regulation, and its use on children. Last year, I announced ...

An international survey has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes a much broader and more damaging range of side effects than previously acknowledged, challenging long-held claims about ...

Each year, more than 100,000 Americans undergo electroconvulsive therapy, also known as "electroshock treatment" and "shock therapy." Electroconvulsive therapy may seem like it's from medieval times, ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most controversial treatments used in modern psychiatry. Methods of inducing seizure or convulsions as a way of treating psychiatric conditions were ...

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 ...

Electroconvulsive therapy is a safe, effective treatment for severe psychiatric conditions like suicidal depression, catatonia, and resistant mania. It induces controlled seizures under anaesthesia, ...