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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electroconvulsive therapy involves inducing a controlled seizure under anesthesia. Inkoly/iStock via Getty Images Plus When most ...

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 ...

Researchers have found that Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), where an electric current is passed through the brain, can reduce the severity of mental illnesses. The use of ECT across Scotland was ...

Two recent studies may have discovered how electroconvulsive therapy and its close cousin, magnetic seizure therapy, are so effective at alleviating some mental illnesses, especially severe depression ...

Researchers have shed new light on why electroconvulsive therapy has such a high success rate, a mystery that has puzzled doctors and scientists for almost a century. Findings could help improve this ...

An image of a patient undergoing electroconvulsive shock therapy at UW Medical Center – Northwest. (KOMO News) WASHINGTON STATE — Sylvie Sallquist has struggled with severe depression and anxiety ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Of all treatments in contemporary psychiatry, perhaps none is more commonly misunderstood than electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Its depiction in the popular media and in movies such as One Flew Over ...