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 ...

and ECT. More treatments for TRD are currently being studied. Depression can be a debilitating condition. If you feel your depression symptoms are not well-managed with your current treatment plan ...

Brandy Ellis calls herself a cyborg. Two small electrodes — thin metal wires — implanted deep inside her brain lead under her skin to a battery pack in her chest. Pulsing about 130 times 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 ...

General Hospital, and later at McLean, was disabling bouts of depression that ... and her doctor assured her that ECT had become psychiatry’s most effective treatment, with far fewer side ...

The International (CCHR), a leading mental health industry watchdog, has released a damning report detailing how ...

By Katharine Q. Seelye Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady of Massachusetts and humanitarian who overcame alcoholism and depression with the help of electroconvulsive therapy, then became a ...