A new international online survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders gives voice to the lived experiences of ...

Electroconvulsive therapy [ECT] involves administering electricity to the human brain, under general anaesthetic, in order to cause grand mal convulsions. A typical course of ECT involves six to 12 ...

Whether in Nazi fascism, Soviet totalitarian communism, or U.S. corporate capitalism, psychiatry has been an enabler of the ...

A major international survey of people receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has found that most patients are not asked about the childhood adversities or recent life stressors that they believe ...

Most people receiving shock therapy for mental problems haven’t received any counseling Only a third of electroconvulsive therapy patients said they’d been asked about childhood traumas or recent ...

Only a third of electroconvulsive therapy patients said they’d been asked about childhood traumas or recent stresses Most felt these events likely contributed to their mental state, but were not ...

Swedish neurotech startup Flow Neuroscience has secured FDA approval for the first brain stimulation device for home use in ...