She was lying back in a bed on the second floor of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in October. Red and black cables snaked from her chest to a heart monitor on the wall. A meter clipped to her thumb ...

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 ...

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) remains a highly controversial treatment. It involves administering an electric shock to the brain to induce a seizure, with the intention of alleviating mental health ...

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 ...

Several studies have demonstrated that shock therapy is an effective treatment for improving depression symptoms. Shock therapy, medically known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a treatment for ...