July 10, 2009 — Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, ...

"Occasionally, I feel bitter," wrote Anne Donahue as she began an article for a medical journal four years after her treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. "It is a grief that keeps deepening over ...

Electroencephalography ECT treatments helped to reduce symptoms in 4 patients with varying mental illnesses. The 4 case studies include “real people, real results” with different applications of ECT, ...

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 ...

After reading 3,000 Pulses Later in 48 hours, two questions pounded in my head. How does a psychiatrist determine whether TMS (trans-cranial magnetic stimulation) or ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) is ...

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) results in significant morbidity, functional impairment, and mortality. By the year 2020, depression is estimated to be second only to heart disease in magnitude of ...

My mother is in her late 50s. Her episodes of depression have gone from bad to worse over the years. Her psychiatrist has always been responsive to questions my brother or I might ask and open to ...

For some patients with major depression, psychotherapy and medications offer little respite, which prompts many psychiatrists to turn to electroconvulsive therapy, particularly to relieve psychosis or ...