As a psychiatry resident, he became convinced of the benefits of ECT. But he spent years battling detractors and a misleading ...

When we don't understand how something works, we often fear it. That has been the case with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but new research may be shedding needed light.

As I walked into the room adjacent to the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) suite, images of a strapped down, fully awake Jack Nicholson jolting flashed in my mind. Since watching unmodified ECT in &… ...

And as electroconvulsive therapy is in its 85th year of use, definitive answers continue to elude scientists — and patients. Understanding how ECT works could offer important clues about the ...

For the record, yes, electroshock therapy — known medically as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — is a real thing. But it's a little different from how it was portrayed on the show.

Yes, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or 'shock therapy', which induces a brief seizure in the brain using controlled doses of electricity, is still being used. Despite, ...

Electroconvulsive therapy has a great track record, but a bad reputation. The therapy is effective in up to 80% of patients who receive the treatment, most often for depression but occasionally ...

I Had Electroconvulsive Therapy. It Was Nothing Like What I Expected. By Sarah Chavera Edwards. Dec 21, 2022 10:15 AM. Photo illustration by Slate.

Electroconvulsive therapy sends electricity through the brain. The voltage can be as high as 460, and the current causes a surge of electrical activity, resulting in a seizure.

Electroconvulsive therapy, once stigmatized, is used by many in NJ to fight depression 5-minute read. Scott Fallon. NorthJersey.com. When Caroline Marinaro was advised that electroconvulsive ...

The physical risks of electroconvulsive therapy are discussed on the basis of a material of 8082 treatments received by 628 patients. Thirty-one of them were over sixty, and 5 over seventy years ...

Researchers compared the use of ketamine infusions with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and found that ketamine may be as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment-resistant ...