Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer ...

Medically reviewed by Kathleen Daly, MDMedically reviewed by Kathleen Daly, MD Shock therapy, also called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT, is a treatment approach for mental health conditions.

Treatment-resistant depression complicates care, defying standard treatments, but new therapies are on the horizon, offering hope for more effective treatment options.

In the second episode of The Deep End, listeners hear what it’s like to live with severe depression and the backstory of an experimental treatment.

Like many psychiatric treatments, the mechanism of action for electric shock therapy — or electroconvulsive therapy — is not well understood. The therapy involves using controlled electrical ...

A clinical trial led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas could help bring an experimental treatment ...

Several studies have demonstrated that shock therapy is an effective treatment for improving depression symptoms. Shock therapy, medically known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a treatment ...

"Man undergoing electroshock treatment fights to end medical procedures." Four days later, Regions withdrew its ECT petition. "It is of our current medical opinion that ECT is no longer indicated ...