June 23, 2010 (Boca Raton, Florida) — Adding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to clozapine is an effective treatment for patients with clozapine-resistant schizophrenia, researchers reported at the New ...

Each year, more than 100,000 Americans undergo electroconvulsive therapy, also known as "electroshock treatment" and "shock therapy." Electroconvulsive therapy may seem like it's from medieval times, ...

Experts have raised concerns about Australia’s use of involuntary ECT, but some are adamant about its impact on people with ...

Studies have shown electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is barely more effective than placebo and can cause brain damage. A new audit asserts that ECT is not adequately monitored by England's Royal College ...

Electroshock therapy (ECT) can treat depression safely and effectively, especially in the elderly. SHERWIN NULAND: (VO, DR. NULAND READING FROM BOOK) Just as physical pain loses its intense reality ...

When Caroline Marinaro was advised that electroconvulsive therapy might be able to help the severe depression she has had for 20 years, her first thought was of actor Jack Nicholson violently shaking ...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — For the past year, David Russell has been at Regions Hospital held on a court-ordered civil commitment. He was given 17 shock treatments at Mayo Clinic to treat his mental ...