However, in rare cases, courts can hold hearings to force patients to take the drugs or ECT. A judge will hear doctors request for continued electroshock treatment for Russell Monday morning.

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 ...

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 ...

Effective treatments for people with serious depression who have not been helped by antidepressant medications have novel ...

Eight additional electroshock treatments were given from ... who died during the treatment, with massive hemorrhage of an adrenal gland. The man in this group improved after six shocks and ...

Across the 37 trusts which responded, 1,964 people underwent the treatment in 2019 - giving a average of 53. Dr Harrop said any effects from ECT is "almost certainly placebo" Dr Chris Harrop ...

Lou Reed grew up in Long Island, New York. During his teens, he received electroshock treatment for depression, and would later cite the experience as damaging and transformative. He formed the ...

At Copper Springs East, we offer Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) treatment as an effective option most commonly used for those with major depression, recurring suicidal ideations, or bipolar and ...