Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be far more effective than algorithm-based drug therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression in what is believed to be the first randomized, controlled ...

Most patients with mania responded to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a Swedish population-based study found. Among 571 individuals who were in a manic episode, 482 (84.4%) responded to treatment ...

Now the largest-ever study to follow bipolar patients and treatment from a single centre has confirmed that ECT can reduce suicide risk, and allow a majority of patients affected by ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to improve all clinical features of bipolar disorder (BD), leading to high remission rates and reducing suicide risk by more than 80%, new research suggests. In ...

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT CALLED ELECTRO SHOCK THERAPY, BUT COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO’S LOOKING TO HELP BREAK THE STIGMA SURROUNDING THIS MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT MODERN ECT IS PURPOSEFULLY IT’S NOT TORTURE ...

One of the largest ever studies of patients with untreatable bipolar disorder has shown that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) was able to reduce suicide risk by 84% in high-risk patients, as well as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Introducing electroconvulsive therapy earlier in a treatment course for major depressive disorder or bipolar ...

Chris and Annalaura both grew up in the Midwest — he in the "middle of nowhere" Indiana and she in Michigan. They met, married, and headed out west to Utah in 2009 to attend Brigham Young University ...

At 36 years old, Cody Harris is starting a new life. Harris has suffered from severe depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder since he was seven years old. For nearly ...

Welcome to State of Mind, a new section from Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to exploring mental health. Follow us on Twitter. In August 2019, I never thought I would be in this position.

I used to think my mother was dumb. I thought she was stupid, and I hated her for it. I was embarrassed by her and never wanted any of my friends to meet her. I never wanted her to chaperone on the ...