An international survey of ECT recipients found that over half felt they weren't given adequate information about the treatment beforehand. Many patients remember being told that ECT was safe and that ...

At 36 years old, Cody Harris is starting a new life. Harris has suffered from severe depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder since he was seven years old. For nearly ...

A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked about the childhood adversities or recent life stressors that they believe ...

The study thus found that patients treated with ECT were 34% less likely to die by suicide and had a 30% lower risk of death from any cause compared to those receiving standard treatments.

The medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are being exaggerated while the risks are being downplayed, suggest the findings of a survey on the type of information patients and their relatives ...

After months of me trying to help this patient, a cure I had hoped to bring [via psychotherapy] had not been achieved at all. Instead, a harsh, drastic, mechanical shock machine, rather than a warm, ...

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 ...

Researchers used data from Swedish nationwide registers of more than 300 patients with schizophrenia (mean age, 48 years; 64% men) who received both inpatient ECT and non-ECT treatment between 2011 ...

A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked about the childhood adversities or recent life stressors that they believe ...