The dominant view within mental health services and research suggests that feeling
depressed is a kind of medical illness, partially caused by various biological deficits which …

We have known for nearly a century that triggering seizures can treat serious mental illness,
but what we do not know is why. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) works faster and better …

What drives the human brain? This question has been one of the fundamental debates in
modern neuroscience. Since the discovery of neurons and processes (glia) by Waldyer …

Electroconvulsive therapy is the most effective treatment for severe, psychotic or treatment-
resistant depression. However, its effectiveness continues to be questioned, both in …

Objectives: We sought to compare cognitive and other outcomes of 2 groups of mood
disorder patients, those who received ECT and those who did not, from 2 private South …

Background: A 2010 review of studies and previous reviews and meta-analyses found
minimal evidence that ECT for depression was more effective than placebo during the …

Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still being administered to approximately a
million people annually. There have been no ECT versus simulated ECT (SECT) studies …

Until recently, a review of nonpharmacological, somatic treatments of psychiatric disorders
would have included only electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). This situation is now changing …

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Background Major depression can be a serious and debilitating condition. For some patients
in a treatment resistant depressive episode, electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is the only …