ELECTROSHOCK therapy is the most widely used of the somatic methods for the treatment of mental diseases. It is not the purpose of this investigation to describe the therapeutic result achieved or ...

Trans performance artist Ling'er says she was forced to undergo electroshock treatments at a hospital in China that left her ...

For nearly 30 years, he went through multiple medication adjustments, suicide attempts, and hospital stays. When effective treatment options seemed to be running out, Harris’ care team suggested ...

In the late 1930s and 1940s, electroconvulsive therapy took off, its popularity caused by the same factors that led to the acceptance of lobotomy. During World War II, interest in the treatment ...

"We're at the UW Neuromodulation and I'm about to get an ECT treatment," Sallquist explained. ECT - or electroconvulsive therapy - sends electric currents through the brain, essentially rewiring ...