Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability among adolescents, yet the efficacy of Electroconvulsive ...
A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked about the childhood adversities or recent life stressors that they believe ...
An international survey has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes a much broader and more damaging range of side effects than previously acknowledged, challenging long-held claims about ...
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 ...
Khatija Paperwalla, MD (third from left), alongside Northwell clinicians, Guyanese health officials and GPHC staff at the service launch. Photo credit: Northwell Health In preparation for the launch, ...
Somatics LLC convinced a federal appeals court not to reinstate claims from a man who says electroconvulsive therapy led to brain damage that caused memory loss. The US Court of Appeals for the ...
A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics has revealed that nearly 60% of people subjected to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), commonly called electroshock, reported they were ...
An international survey of ECT recipients found that over half felt they weren't given adequate information about the treatment beforehand. Many patients remember being told that ECT was safe and that ...
The right to informed consent is a core ethical principle. Recent audits of patient information leaflets about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), in Australia, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and ...
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