Of all treatments in contemporary psychiatry, perhaps none is more commonly misunderstood than electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Its depiction in the popular media and in movies such as One Flew Over ...

Dolores Orrico watched her psychiatrist flip a switch and turn a knob. She stared hard as adjustments were made to the machine that’d soon send her into a seizure. She was lying back in a bed on the ...

Today's doctors are struggling to treat psychological problems and despite that, we are still using electroshock — even on children. In 2003, Dr. Loren Mosher and Professor David Cohen wrote a brief ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is one of psychiatry’s most effective tools for severe depression and mania. Here’s how it works — and what you should know (Image: Pexels) Electroconvulsive therapy is ...