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 (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for serious mental illness, according to a study presented at the annual congress of the European Psychiatric Association, held from ...

Controversial therapy has changed, with smaller jolts of electricity, and some doctors, patients swear by it. At the University of Michigan Medical Center, a patient lies sedated on a treatment table ...

Researchers have found that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), where an electric current is passed through the brain, can reduce the severity of mental illnesses. The findings were presented at EPA 2024 ...

Researchers have found that Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), where an electric current is passed through the brain, can reduce the severity of mental illnesses. ECT is a safe and effective treatment ...

Ketamine therapy and ECT are 2 treatment modalities that may be considered in patients with a POLG-related disorder and mood ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 10, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — It hits the head with the force of a 40-pound cinder block dropped seven and a half feet. It’s been described by patients as a grenade going ...

Electroconvulsive therapy used to be called electroshock therapy and it was developed in 1938 to treat certain mental disorders. Its history is not a rosy one. “It’s earned itself a bit of a gnarly ...

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 ...

At 36 years old, Cody Harris is starting a new life. Harris has suffered from severe depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder since he was seven years old. For nearly ...

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 his childhood home, forget his cat had died, ...