Max Fink, a psychiatrist and neurologist who advanced the acceptance of electroconvulsive therapy as an option for treating severely depressed patients who do not respond to drugs or psychotherapy ...

HealthDay News — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) shows a significant protective effect against suicide and overall mortality in people with depression, according to a review published online ...

Child and adolescent psychiatrists have issued a policy statement urging broader access to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) ...

医生开始在治疗前为患者使用麻醉剂和肌肉松弛剂，这样患者在治疗过程中不会感到痛苦，也不会出现严重的身体损伤，大大提高了治疗的安全性和舒适性。

Depression is everywhere these days, but mental health professionals are not. Some alternative treatments that could help are ...

A woman who supported a patient suffering from depression has received an award for helping her recovery. The BBC Radio 4 ...

Proton therapy is a type of external beam radiation therapy that delivers high dose radiation directly to cancer cells. Learn about its benefits and uses for breast cancer treatment.

Her relapse into depression felt like defeat—but it offered vital clues to achieving lasting psychiatric relief. The ...

The Mount Graham Regional Medical Center District Board has funded the purchase of Brainsway Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimu ...

Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major global healthcare challenge. This is, in part, due to the lack of treatment response and chronic course of MDD. Such a course of illness is ...

Three people with type 1 diabetes who received Vertex Pharma’s islet cell therapy VX-880 have been able to come off insulin altogether within a year, raising the prospect of a life without ...

Capricor Therapeutics has completed its US marketing application for deramiocel, a cell therapy the US biotech hopes will become the first approved treatment for cardiomyopathy associated with ...