An international survey of 1144 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patients and relatives has found that the causes of the ...

Most people receiving shock therapy for mental problems haven’t received any counseling. Only a third of electroconvulsive ...

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 ...

A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked ...

It is well established that the most common adverse effect of electroconvulsive therapy is memory loss. Our latest paper ...

Dr. McDonald answers the question: 'Who Would Perform Shock Therapy On Me?' — -- Question: What does the procedure of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) involve and what kinds of doctors perform it?

As the Oireachtas debates the Mental Health Bill, Gareth O'Callaghan weighs up expert opinion and patients' testimony, and ...

The newly formed Stop ECT Coalition, representing hundreds of thousands of individuals, has launched a nationwide campaign ...

Last May, at the start of a court hearing conducted over Zoom, David Russell brought what he felt was a pressing matter to the judge's attention. "I had two friends that were going to testify on my ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be far more effective than algorithm-based drug therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression in what is believed to be the first randomized, controlled ...