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

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

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 ...

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 ...

ECT is not without its risks. Some patients have temporary memory loss, especially of events that happened shortly before treatment. Those memories tend to come back within weeks or months after ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy, or ECT, is often portrayed in pop culture as a cruel or abusive treatment. However modern day ECT ...

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

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

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — Dr. Melissa Fickey is a child and adult psychiatrist and founder of Embracing Life Wellness Center in Hillsborough County. She worked with a group to help get Transcranial ...

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

UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 12: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machines were used ... In this way, it was thought that it was possible to 'shock' a patient out of a severe mental disorder.

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 ...