ECT - or electroconvulsive therapy - sends electric currents through the brain, essentially rewiring to better control mood and emotions. The patient goes under general anesthesia, and the ...

A growing $51 billion global brain device industry is exploiting vulnerable populations—veterans, children, and vulnerable, ...

1908) treated schizophrenic patients with applications of electricity ... In the late 1930s and 1940s, electroconvulsive therapy took off, its popularity caused by the same factors that led ...

When comedian Gary Gulman was told to try ECT — electroconvulsive therapy ... The main downside, Lisanby says, is patients still experience some memory loss — “but when we use less ...

Some common treatments psychiatrists provide include electroconvulsive therapy ... and her workday is spent meeting with patients either in person or via telehealth. She says, “I have some ...

NHS data seen by The Independent reveals that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is disproportionately prescribed to women, who make up two-thirds of the patients being given the treatment.