The Supreme Court will hear the case on conversion therapy at some point during its next term, which begins in October, so ...

A Placer County man is sharing his personal story of recovery from severe suicidal depression. David Bartley found relief in ...

Up to 300 New Zealanders a year are administered electric shock treatment - and the vast majority are happier for it. Audio ...

Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness characterised by episodes of mania (high energy, impulsivity) and depression ...

However, DBS isn’t a magic solution. Rather, it is like a cast for a broken leg; people with depression are still encouraged ...

Due to his alleged "medication non-compliance and psychosis," clinicians from Rochester, Minnesota's renowned Mayo Clinic were seeking a court order to administer electroconvulsive therapy (ECT ...

Heston Blumenthal, the celebrity chef known for his experimental cuisine, recently shared his experience of being sectioned under the UK's Mental ...

Like many psychiatric treatments, the mechanism of action for electric shock therapy — or electroconvulsive therapy — is not well understood. The therapy involves using controlled electrical ...

The trial has shown that the treatment, which triggers seizures with magnets, significantly improved mental health in patients without some cognitive effects associated with electroconvulsive therapy.