Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) remains a highly controversial treatment. It involves administering an electric shock to the brain to induce a seizure, with the intention of alleviating mental health ...

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 ...

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 ...

The medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are being exaggerated while the risks are being downplayed, suggest the findings of a survey on the type of information patients and their relatives ...

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 ...

Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) offers similar efficacy as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treating bipolar mania in adults, with significantly fewer adverse effects on language abilities, new ...

"In practice, we often maintain patients on antidepressants, but in order to do the most rigorous test of the efficacy of MST as a monotherapy, we needed to test it alone, without concurrent ...

Share on Pinterest New research finds that ketamine may be a more effective treatment for severe depression than electroconvulsive therapy. damircudic/Getty Images A new study compares ketamine with ...