June 09, 2021
Article
A Psychiatric Times point/counterpoint feature on electroconvulsive therapy elicited strong responses.
June 25, 2019
Article
This new FDA order now allows patients who need and want ECT, as well as practitioners who perform it, to breathe a sigh of relief.
August 24, 2018
Article
The recent increase in suicides highlights the urgent need for better treatment of severe depression. ECT is an intervention proven to reduce suicidality, yet it is underused because of the associated stigma.
February 15, 2018
Article
ECT has been found effective in mitigating the deleterious consequences of SIB.
September 28, 2017
Article
For ethical and economic reasons, when patients are acutely ill with catatonia and melancholia, ECT is best considered sooner rather than later.
August 26, 2015
Article
Simply telling patients “we don’t know how ECT works” neglects our abundant knowledge of what this treatment does. The authors review biological actions of ECT and discuss future directions for research.