Lisa Morrison entered the mental health system at the age of 14 after she was prescribed medication for major depression. But it’s only decades later that Morrison, who was born in South Africa and ...

ECT can seem like something out of science fiction, but it actually has decades of studies to show how effective it can be in reducing depression symptoms. Depression is one of the most common mental ...

Budapest, Hungary — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) dramatically improves disease severity and depressive symptoms in patients with severe mental illness, results of a large, naturalistic study showed ...

An international survey has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes a much broader and more damaging range of side effects than previously acknowledged, challenging long-held claims about ...

The medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are being exaggerated while the risks are being downplayed, suggest the findings of a survey on the type of information patients and their relatives ...

An image of a patient undergoing electroconvulsive shock therapy at UW Medical Center – Northwest. (KOMO News) WASHINGTON STATE — Sylvie Sallquist has struggled with severe depression and anxiety ...

The medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are being exaggerated while the risks are being downplayed, suggest the findings of a survey on the type of information patients and their relatives ...

I have previously discussed the responses of patients to our international survey on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), in relation to efficacy, 1 memory loss, 2 other adverse effects, 3 information ...

This post is part two in a series. Part one is titled "Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill." I was called to evaluate Dorothy after she had been admitted to the ward from the ER, where her family had ...

At 36 years old, Cody Harris is starting a new life. Harris has suffered from severe depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder since he was seven years old. For nearly ...

An international survey of ECT recipients found that over half felt they weren't given adequate information about the treatment beforehand. Many patients remember being told that ECT was safe and that ...