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 ...

Used for more than 80 years in the treatment of severe depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains controversial. In a "head-to-head" article published online January 30 in the BMJ, experts ...

Budapest, Hungary — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) dramatically improves disease severity and depressive symptoms in patients with severe mental illness, results of a large, naturalistic study showed ...

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 ...

EEG seizure duration of 60-69 seconds during the first ECT session was associated with the highest remission rates, suggesting longer seizures (within safe limits) may lead to better outcomes.

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% ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In June 2015, Jeffrey Thelen’s parents noticed their son was experiencing problems with his memory. In the subsequent years, he would get lost driving to ...

Adults with treatment-resistant major depression who received intravenous ketamine twice a week for three weeks improved at rates statistically comparable to those who underwent electroconvulsive ...

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 ...