An international survey of ECT recipients found that over half felt they weren't given adequate information about the treatment beforehand. Many patients remember being told that ECT was safe and that ...

A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked about the childhood adversities or recent life stressors that they believe ...

Electroconvulsive therapy [ECT] involves administering electricity to the human brain, under general anaesthetic, in order to cause grand mal convulsions. A typical course of ECT involves six to 12 ...

A new international online survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders gives voice to the lived experiences of ...

Most people receiving shock therapy for mental problems haven’t received any counseling Only a third of electroconvulsive therapy patients said they’d been asked about childhood traumas or recent ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was associated with significantly greater response and remission rates in people aged 85 years or older with depression than in those aged 18-35 years and with fewer ...

Patients and family members of those who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reported a mixed bag of information being given beforehand. According to a survey of 858 ECT recipients, 59% ...

Only a third of electroconvulsive therapy patients said they’d been asked about childhood traumas or recent stresses Most felt these events likely contributed to their mental state, but were not ...