What stands out is the consistency between individuals’ experiences. Most of the costs were lasting, life-altering ...

Dr. McDonald answers the question: 'Who Would Perform Shock Therapy On Me?' — -- Question: What does the procedure of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) involve and what kinds of doctors perform it?

When asked open questions about the effects of electroconvulsive therapy, 51% reported negative effects only, 3% reported ...

This post is part two in a series. Part one is titled "Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill." I was called to evaluate Dorothy after she had been admitted to the ward from the ER, where her family had ...

Dolores Orrico watched her psychiatrist flip a switch and turn a knob. She stared hard as adjustments were made to the machine that’d soon send her into a seizure. She was lying in a bed on the second ...

An international study, the first of its kind to use an online survey to capture the long-term effects of Electroconvulsive ...

Patients getting ECT today receive anesthesia and muscle relaxation before their treatments, so they're asleep the whole time. They receive an electrical stimulation to induce a brief brain seizure.

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 ...

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 ...