Electroconvulsive therapy often evokes inaccurate images of seizing bodies and smoking ears. Better understanding of how it reduces depression symptoms can illuminate new ways to treat mental illness.

ECT is superior to algorithm-based drug therapy for bipolar patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Individuals with moderate to less severe treatment-resistant depression may benefit from treatment with ketamine instead of electroconvulsive therapy, according to research from JAMA Network Open ...

Some use the once-controversial ECT treatment for depression, bipolar disorder or other mental health conditions and say it has improved their lives.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) shows a significant protective effect against suicide and overall mortality in people with depression.

The first papers from an electroconvulsive therapy survey have been published. It found ECT to be either ineffective or ...

Two recent studies may have discovered how electroconvulsive therapy is so effective at alleviating some mental illnesses, especially severe depression, something that has puzzled psychiatrists ...

A comprehensive review in Brain Medicine examines how ECT session numbers impact treatment outcomes in depression. Researchers found early rapid improvement followed by diminishing returns ...

BOSTON — The severity of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) appears to predict response to intravenous (IV) ketamine vs electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), new research suggested. However ...

A large study analyzed seizure length during the first electroconvulsive therapy session for patients with major depressive disorder to determine if it was linked with longer remission.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy, involves inducing a brief seizure in the brain using controlled doses of electricity.

New research finds that ketamine may be a more effective treatment for severe depression than electroconvulsive therapy.