When most people hear about electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, it typically conjures terrifying images of cruel, outdated and pseudo-medical procedures. Formerly known as electroshock therapy, this ...

When seriously depressed patients don’t respond to antidepressants, the alternatives are limited. Now a new study has found that ketamine performs at least as well as the current gold standard for ...

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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 ...

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 ...

MONDAY, Dec. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most people receiving shock therapy for mental health problems aren’t receiving any ...

Chris and Annalaura both grew up in the Midwest — he in the "middle of nowhere" Indiana and she in Michigan. They met, married, and headed out west to Utah in 2009 to attend Brigham Young University ...

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 ...

The most prominent barriers to expanding an existing ECT service were lack of physical space, stigma on the part of patients, and transportation difficulties. The most prominent barriers to initiating ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be far more effective than algorithm-based drug therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression in what is believed to be the first randomized, controlled ...

Most patients with mania responded to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a Swedish population-based study found. Among 571 individuals who were in a manic episode, 482 (84.4%) responded to treatment ...

Miranda was struggling with debilitating depression and suicidal ideation after trying countless treatments and therapy prescribed by her doctor. The team of mental health experts at Huntsman Mental ...