Women are twice as likely as men to be given electroconvulsive therapy. Our international survey shows they are less likely ...

An international survey has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes a much broader and more damaging range of ...

When Jane[*] finished her series of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), her mother was furious—but not for the reasons you'd expect. Her daughter had undergone a series of procedures in which doctors at ...

An international survey has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes a much broader and more damaging range of side effects than ...

After reading 3,000 Pulses Later in 48 hours, two questions pounded in my head. How does a psychiatrist determine whether TMS (trans-cranial magnetic stimulation) or ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) is ...

The most prominent barriers to expanding an existing ECT service were lack of physical space, stigma on the part of patients, and transportation difficulties. The most prominent barriers to initiating ...

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 “One ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) – shock treatment –improves quality of life in patients with major depression, and that improved quality of life continues for six months, according to a report in the ...

I used to think my mother was dumb. I thought she was stupid, and I hated her for it. I was embarrassed by her and never wanted any of my friends to meet her. I never wanted her to chaperone on the ...

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 ...