Twice-weekly high-dose unilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe depression is as effective as bilateral ECT, with fewer cognitive side effects, new research shows. "In line with previous ...

March 6, 2003 — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is more effective than medications for the treatment of depression, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in the March 8 issue of The ...

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, ...

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, ...

Considerable evidence suggests that depression is related to interhemispheric functional coordination deficits. For depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most rapid and effective therapy, ...

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 ...

George Kirov receives funding from: funding for research in genetics, but it has nothing to do with the ECT work. I am a member of the Labour party. The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat ...

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 ...

SCOTLAND'S largest health board has launched an inquiry after a mother-of-two suffered severe memory loss from an extreme form of electroconvulsive therapy treatment. The family of Leeanne Simpson, 30 ...