ECT involves passing electric currents through the brain to treat conditions such as depression A number of health trusts in Northern Ireland are reviewing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) leaflets ...

A number of health trusts in Northern Ireland are reviewing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) leaflets that are made available to patients. It comes as a new study has indicated some patients are being ...

Refusal to take clozapine was considered evidence of mental illness, and forced ECT changed her mind; the researchers call ...

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 ...

THE use of 'electro-shock therapy' on patients in Northern Ireland without their consent is on the rise. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) involves passing an current through someone's brain (under ...

Patient's right to consent or refuse treatment has to be balanced with a professional duty of care writes TONY BATES Patient's right to consent or refuse treatment has to be balanced with a ...

The idea of treating a psychiatric illness by passing a jolt of electricity through the brain was one of the most controversial in 20th Century medicine. It started out as an experiment in the 1930s ...

A 16.6 per cent spike in the procedure known as Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) was recorded around the state over a year. A Sunday Mail investigation has found 19,365 procedures were conducted in ...

Jacqui Quibbell has suffered from ‘crippling periods of depression and suicidal thoughts’ for all her adult life. In 2003, her doctors suggested Jacqui underwent electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). This ...

NEW YORK — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be a useful intervention for children with autism who have psychiatric comorbidities, a new systematic review suggests. Results of a systematic ...