When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

After reading 3,000 Pulses Later in 48 hours, two questions pounded in my head. How does a psychiatrist determine whether TMS (trans-cranial magnetic stimulation) or ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) is ...

At 36 years old, Cody Harris is starting a new life. Harris has suffered from severe depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder since he was seven years old. For nearly ...

ECT response–guided sequential strategy. This strategy comprises two phases. In the initial phase, the goal is to exploit the advantage of ECT in rapidly inducing mood improvement and then to ...

TMS, however, may offer a subtler, more nuanced alternative for rebooting the brain, perhaps by a similar mechanism. Like ECT, TMS treatments for depression appear to alter the correlations between ...

Around one in three patients with major depression falls into this treatment-resistant category. The research team examined how three neurostimulation techniques—Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), ...

Treatment with ECT showed a significant decrease in the odds of suicide (odds ratio [OR], 0.66) and for death from all causes (OR, 0.70). HealthDay News — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) shows a ...

SAINT LOUIS - A new treatment for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder is bringing hope to local ...