Convulsive therapies are an underappreciated treatment that can alleviate symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders through rapid cycles of muscle contraction ...

Despite ongoing controversy, there has never been a large-scale, prospective study of the cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We conducted a prospective, naturalistic ...

But this indirect method appeared slow and uneconomical. In the late 1930s and 1940s, electroconvulsive therapy took off, its popularity caused by the same factors that led to the acceptance of ...

Idaho lawmakers are tackling mental health treatment. Senator Abby Lee, representing people in Canyon, Payette and Washington counties, presented Senate Bill 13-54 before the Senate Health and ...

Sylvie Sallquist has struggled with severe depression and anxiety since she was a child, and this is ... ECT - or electroconvulsive therapy - sends electric currents through the brain, essentially ...

At Woodland Springs, we offer Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) treatment as an effective ... have not responded to traditional treatments. Child & Adolescent Treatment Programs Our child and ...

For people whose depression is resistant to psychotherapy and drug therapy, doctors may use electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Today’s version of ECT is much more specific, with lower side effects.

The purpose of these guidelines for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT Guidelines) is to standardize the delivery of electroconvulsive therapy services across British Columbia. There will be differences ...

More information: Shawn M. McClintock et al, Comparing the Neurocognitive Effects of Right Unilateral Ultra-Brief Pulse Electroconvulsive Therapy and Magnetic Seizure Therapy for the Treatment of ...

and child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Kim is proficient in innovative treatments like Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). He is passionate about ...