At 36 years old, Cody Harris is starting a new life. Harris has suffered from severe depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder since he was seven years old. For nearly ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which involves passing electricity through the brain under general anesthesia to cause a seizure, usually between six and 12 times, is used to varying degrees around ...

Around 2,500 people in England receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) every year. This is a last resort treatment, used to help alleviate severe depression in people who have failed to respond to ...

Leading international professional associations have issued a joint statement taking a clear stance on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and calling for a scientific and evidence-based presentation of ...

For years, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been a lifesaving treatment for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), yet exactly how it works has largely remained a mystery. Now ...

ECT can seem like something out of science fiction, but it actually has decades of studies to show how effective it can be in reducing depression symptoms. Depression is one of the most common mental ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electroconvulsive therapy involves inducing a controlled seizure under anesthesia. Inkoly/iStock via Getty Images Plus When most ...

Five co-researchers and I have just launched the first-ever international survey of people who have received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), called electroshock therapy in the United States. The ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can help stabilize mood shifts and relieve depressive or manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a complex mental health condition that ...