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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Emotional memory reactivation before electroconvulsive therapy for depression did not offer significant benefits ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the major causes of disability in the Western world, accounting for 6% of the total burden of disease in Europe as measured by loss of disability-adjusted ...

Electroconvulsive therapy is effective for depression in patients with suicidal ideation and resistance to other treatments. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment in patients with ...

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 ...

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 back in a bed on the ...

The safety concerns associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are unwarranted, according to a new study in Frontiers in Psychology. In part due to historical misuse and cinematic portrayals such ...

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

Share on Pinterest A new study found that ketamine infusion is comparable to electroconvulsive therapy in treating major depressive disorder. Aitor Diago/Getty Images Major depression is a severe ...

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