June 23, 2010 (Boca Raton, Florida) — Adding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to clozapine is an effective treatment for patients with clozapine-resistant schizophrenia, researchers reported at the New ...

A team of scientists has given the world a shock. As humans, our brains are hardwired to think and feel in certain ways. Every single one of us has suffered from low emotions in some form or another, ...

Each year, more than 100,000 Americans undergo electroconvulsive therapy, also known as "electroshock treatment" and "shock therapy." Electroconvulsive therapy may seem like it's from medieval times, ...

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 ...

Studies have shown electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is barely more effective than placebo and can cause brain damage. A new audit asserts that ECT is not adequately monitored by England's Royal College ...

Electroshock therapy (ECT) can treat depression safely and effectively, especially in the elderly. SHERWIN NULAND: (VO, DR. NULAND READING FROM BOOK) Just as physical pain loses its intense reality ...

Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) groups from across Europe protested in Madrid during the 33rd European Congress of Psychiatry, demanding an end to coercive psychiatric practices. MADRID, ...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — For the past year, David Russell has been at Regions Hospital held on a court-ordered civil commitment. He was given 17 shock treatments at Mayo Clinic to treat his mental ...