Although the most common side effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy is memory loss, my recent review suggests that more ...

It comes as a new study has indicated some patients are being misled about the risks associated with ECT. The treatment involves passing electric currents through a patient's brain to cause ...

Method Data were analysed on a group level using descriptive statistics and association analyses as well as using individual ...

But I have just published an analysis of research studies in which I calculate that the probability of ECT causing a major cardiac event is “between 1 in 15 and 1 in 30 patients”. I concluded ...

ECT involves passing electric currents through a patient's brain to cause seizures or fits. Dr John Read, of the University of East London said there was "no place" for ECT in evidence-based ...

Despite this stigma, ECT is a highly effective treatment for depression – up to 80% of patients experience at least a 50% ...

Out of the nearly 7,000 patients with depression who underwent ECT, 39.3% achieved remission within 1 week after therapy.

The following is a summary of "Ketamine versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive episode: An updated systematic ...

Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out ...

The first long-term comparison of psilocybin vs an SSRI for MDD suggests the psychedelic was associated with better overall ...

Donald Trump has lied from the start, when he came down that golden escalator and claimed that Mexico was “sending” convicted ...

In the randomized phase 3 PALISADE trial, Watts et al. evaluated plozasiran in patients with persistent chylomicronemia, with or without a genetic diagnosis. Patients (N = 75) received 25 mg or 50 ...