Electroshock therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (Beyond the Basics) - UpToDate

HOW MANY TIMES WILL I NEED TO BE TREATED? People undergoing ECT need multiple treatments. The number needed to successfully treat severe ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) - Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a very safe and effective medical treatment for certain psychiatric disorders. It is considered a form of brain ...

Electroconvulsive therapy: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) uses an electric current to treat depression and some other mental illnesses.

Electroconvulsive Therapy | Piedmont Healthcare

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe, effective and modern psychiatric treatment that we offer for conditions such as severe depression, schizophrenia and ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy | Conditions & Treatments

UT Southwestern's physicians offer electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe mental health disorders that don't respond to other treatment.

The Ethics of Electroconvulsive Therapy - AMA Journal of Ethics

Electroconvulsive therapy is not a good treatment option because numerous alternative, less harmful interventions are available for the ...

Modern Electroconvulsive Therapy: Vastly Improved yet Greatly ...

Electroconvulsive therapy is equally effective in unipolar and bipolar depression and has profound antimanic properties. Several long-term ...

ECT: Disrupting the Stigma Around An Essential Treatment Option

Living with severe mental illness, or caring for someone who does, can be difficult even when standard treatment options show improvement.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) | Mount Sinai - New York

Mount Sinai Health System offers inpatient ECT to patients on both the psychiatric and medical floors at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Beth Israel.

Electroconvulsive Therapy - UF Health

Electroconvulsive therapy is available for hospitalized patients and as an outpatient procedure. ECT is typically performed at the UF Health ...

Brain damage claim leads to new row over electroshock therapy

ECT is controversial among some psychologists and is now the focus of a huge row – which erupted last week – over claims that it can trigger brain damage.

Home | Penn ECT Program

The Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Treatment Program at The University of Pennsylvania offers state of the art outpatient and inpatient based ECT for severe ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy | Treatment-Resistant Depression Program

About ECT. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered the treatment of choice for patients suffering from severe major depressive disorder that have either ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Mental Illness - WebMD

ECT is most commonly used to treat depression, but doctors also recommend it to help with schizophrenia. Compared with medications, it starts to ...

The disturbing story of the first use of electroconvulsive therapy

An experimental, potentially life-threatening treatment on. He would be the first human to undergo what was originally called electroshock therapy.

Shock therapy | Electroconvulsive, Insomnia & Depression | Britannica

Shock therapy, method of treating certain psychiatric disorders through the use of drugs or electric current to induce shock; the therapy ...

Why ECT Is Becoming a Preferred Depression Treatment

ECT is becoming a preferred depression treatment. No longer a last-resort, ECT should be considered a first-line treatment.

ECT, TMS and Other Brain Stimulation Therapies | NAMI

ECT and TMS are the most widely used brain stimulation therapies, but there are two other options available: Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation ...

How ECT Relieves Depression | Johns Hopkins Medicine

ECT, given to depressed patients under anesthesia and after taking a muscle relaxer, sends electrical pulses to the brain through electrodes ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy: Effective Treatment for Severe Depression

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). ECT quickly relieves severe depression symptoms and other psychiatric issues when other treatments fail. Under anesthesia, ...