Electroconvulsive Therapy

June 25, 2019

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 30, 2018

Given the severe burden, grave suffering, and lack of remission with standard therapeutics in many patients with PTSD, preliminary data on the role of ECT seems promising.

August 24, 2018

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.

July 26, 2018

ECT is a highly effective treatment for depression, but a portion of patients fail to respond as hoped. Clinical variables have overall limited utility as a predictor of response. Is inflammation the key?

February 15, 2018

ECT has been found effective in mitigating the deleterious consequences of SIB.

January 19, 2018

It’s an FDA approved technology, but what exactly is TMS and why should you be aware of it?

September 28, 2017

For ethical and economic reasons, when patients are acutely ill with catatonia and melancholia, ECT is best considered sooner rather than later.

June 23, 2017

The author interviews Jonathan Sadowsky, PhD, historian of psychiatry, about his book Electroconvulsive Therapy in America: The Anatomy of a Medical Controversy.

May 05, 2017

The latest news in geriatric psychiatry covers olfactory deficits in cognitively impaired patients, a smartphone app for older adults with serious mental illness, and adjunctive ketamine for late-life depression.

October 03, 2016

Among patients with treatment-resistant MDD, transcranial magnetic stimulation wins the popular vote.