Most patients with mania responded to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a Swedish population-based study found. Among 571 individuals who were in a manic episode, 482 (84.4%) responded to treatment ...

June 23, 2010 (Boca Raton, Florida) — Adding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to clozapine is an effective treatment for patients with clozapine-resistant schizophrenia, researchers reported at the New ...

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 ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is more effective than intravenous (IV) ketamine for patients experiencing a major depressive episode (MDE) in new findings that are in line with the KetECT study ― the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electroconvulsive therapy involves inducing a controlled seizure under anesthesia. Inkoly/iStock via Getty Images Plus When most ...

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 health ...

Dolores Orrico watched her psychiatrist flip a switch and turn a knob. She stared hard as adjustments were made to the machine that’d soon send her into a seizure. She was lying in a bed on the second ...

The Showtime drama "Yellowjackets" has repeatedly received praise for its portrayal of trauma, but a recent episode in particular has people buzzing. In it, we see that Simone Kessell's Lottie was so ...

Patients and family members of those who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reported a mixed bag of information being given beforehand. According to a survey of 858 ECT recipients, 59% ...