Dr. Solzbacher has been providing ECT for 10 years and sees it as an underutilized treatment – especially for patients like Harris. “ECT is a highly effective treatment,” said Solzbacher. “Patients ...

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 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 ...

The ECT Handbook is an essential reference manual for all psychiatrists, for anaesthetists and nurses who work in ECT clinics, for everyone professionally involved in caring for patients for whom ECT ...

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

Fortunately, we were able to get an emergency court order to treat her with ECT. ECT and Neural Signaling ECT is most commonly used in severe cases of depression, especially when other treatments ...

New Zealand's prime minister delivered a historic apology to victims abused in state care, acknowledging the "unimaginable ...

BMI, body mass index; ECT, electroconvulsive therapy; HAM-D24, Hamilton depression rating scale, 24-item version; MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitor; SNRI, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; ...

Children were given electroconvulsive therapy and sedatives as punishment - and it wasn't limited to Lake Alice.