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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers analyzed data from patients with treatment-resistant depression given ketamine or electroconvulsive ...

Treatment with ECT showed a significant decrease in the odds of suicide (odds ratio [OR], 0.66) and for death from all causes (OR, 0.70). HealthDay News — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) shows a ...

An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University of California San Diego School of Medicine, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, ...

American model and actress Paris Jackson has opened up about battling depression and dealing with suicide attempts.In a recent podcast, Jackson revealed that she underwent electroconvulsive therapy ...

"I'm taking medication, but I'm not really getting any better.""I heard there are treatments called TMS and electroconvulsive ...

Brigham and Women's nurses postponed the Oct. 14 strike to vote on a final offer. See the pay, insurance, and staffing terms, and what patients face. New CPSC recalls cover Amazon baby bath seats and ...

Longer seizures during the first electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) session was linked with a greater likelihood of remission in major depressive disorder, a population-based cohort study suggested. In ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains the most effective intervention for severe and treatment-resistant depression, yet its use is often constrained by cognitive adverse effects and delayed ...

An experimental treatment for depression that triggers seizures with magnets significantly improved mental health in patients without some cognitive effects associated with electroconvulsive therapy ...

Used for more than 80 years in the treatment of severe depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains controversial. In a "head-to-head" article published online January 30 in the BMJ, experts ...

Emory Healthcare is one of just a handful of sites in Georgia delivering the therapy considered ‘the most effective treatment that we have’ for depression. Gerard Robinson reacts as his dog, Kerouac, ...