Several studies have demonstrated that shock therapy is an effective treatment for improving depression symptoms. Shock therapy, medically known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a treatment ...

Effective treatments for people with serious depression who have not been helped by antidepressant medications have novel ...

An experimental treatment for depression that triggers seizures with magnets significantly improved mental health in patients ...

ECT - or electroconvulsive therapy - sends electric currents through ... Part of that understanding is informed by our view of depression, which now is as a disorder of neurocircuits different ...

A new paper in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology indicates that brain stimulation treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) were among the ...

For people whose depression is resistant to psychotherapy and drug therapy, doctors may use electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Today’s version of ECT is much more specific, with lower side effects.

A recent clinical trial found that ketamine was as effective for non-psychotic treatment-resistant depression as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which has long been the gold standard for hard-to ...

The trust said the procedure could be "highly effective" for people with "treatment resistant depression and severe bipolar disorder". But Dr Harrop said: "The downsides of ECT are that there's a ...

New data has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is being disproportionately used to treat women with mental health issues, including severe depression. Thousands of women in England are ...