What I learned about navigating safety, health status, and insurance during my son's psychiatric hospitalization.

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 ...

The purpose of these guidelines for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT Guidelines) is to standardize the delivery of electroconvulsive therapy services across British Columbia. There will be differences ...

by then renamed North Wales Hospital for Nervous and Mental Disorders, at age 19 in 1965, most treatments involved medication and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was carried out only with ...

A 20-year-old medical student at Sion hospital in Mumbai experienced immediate relief from suicidal thoughts through ketamine ...

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Pre-authorisation does not guarantee payment of your claim but it does help prevent claims that are denied or short-paid.

Electroconvulsive Therapy, or ECT, is often portrayed in movies and pop culture as a cruel or abusive treatment. However modern day ECT is far from the stereotypes. The process is done carefully ...

When Caroline Marinaro was advised that electroconvulsive therapy might be able to help the severe depression she has had for 20 years, her first thought was of actor Jack Nicholson violently shak ...

Many medical scheme members mistakenly believe obtaining pre-authorisation for a procedure or treatment means their claims ...

Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of ...

Hospitals around the world regularly face bed shortages — an issue that can get exacerbated to breaking point when a health scare or other large-scale disaster occurs. A startup called Doccla is ...