Human beings are organisms with brains who have emotions and agency. The nature and
size of our brains is what gives us these capacities, but our feelings and our behaviour are …

One third of depressive patients do not achieve remission after several steps of treatment
and are considered as treatment resistant. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) improves …

The prevalence of severe mental disorders has been rising annually. Electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) is considered a valuable treatment option in psychiatry for conditions such as …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression is a controversial treatment with highly
polarised views about the balance between therapeutic benefits and adverse effects …

There are very few treatments in psychiatry, even in medicine, that have experienced
longevity and effectiveness such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), despite the …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered one of the most effective treatments for
psychiatric disorders. ECT has proven effective in the treatment of depression, mania …

Objective Despite the established efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), negative
perceptions and inaccurate knowledge about ECT in the United States and other countries …

Background: Nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous substance which has several endocrine
functions and may act as neurotransmitter in the brain. High levels of NO may provoke …

Background First licensed as a treatment for depression in 1982 (zimeldine), SSRIs were felt
to represent a major advance from previous available treatments due to …

Una de las características de la anorexia nerviosa es que quienes la manifiestan rechazan
a menudo el tratamiento a pesar del peligro que ello supone para su salud y niegan el …