Advocates for deinstitutionalization believe that people with mental illness will voluntarily seek out treatment at these facilities if they need it, although in practice this will not always be ...

This information is about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a treatment for severe symptoms of depression, mania, and catatonia. It is for people affected by mental illness in England who are 18 or ...

But at the time, mental illness was very much in the closet ... He had received both psychotherapy and electro-shock treatment, the latter of which had caused memory loss. The Red Sox and their ...

Thousands of women in England are being given “dangerous” electric shock treatment for mental health issues – despite warnings that it can cause irreparable brain damage and memory loss.

Correspondence to Dr Mohit Varshney, Department of Psychiatry and National Drug-Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India; ...

Moniz had an idea that some forms of mental illness ... This terrible need for treatment cleared the path for widespread acceptance of such radical treatments as shock therapy and lobotomy.