Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may lower mortality for patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD), new research suggests. In an analysis of data from a large database of ...
Intravenous ketamine is effective for treating depression but is inferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), new research suggests. In the first head-to-head trial, ECT was more effective than IV ...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe mental health conditions, including schizophrenia. Though it’s more commonly used to treat major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, ECT ...
I know from experience about its often miraculous effects on depression, and its downsides. Both must be clearly set out Recently I spoke with someone who had, in the past, been given a large number ...
Electroconvulsive therapy can effectively treat depression, and is as safe as antidepressant drugs along with psychotherapy, a new analysis found. By Nicholas Bakalar Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT ...
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 ...
ECT is the most rapid and effective treatment for depression but it’s still plagued with stigma. Irina Souiki Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has come a long way since earlier, darker days when it was ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has coloured perceptions of electroconvulsive therapy, but the modern reality is different The public perception of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is rooted in ...
ECT response–guided sequential strategy. This strategy comprises two phases. In the initial phase, the goal is to exploit the advantage of ECT in rapidly inducing mood improvement and then to ...