The purpose of these guidelines for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT Guidelines) is to standardize the delivery of electroconvulsive therapy services across British Columbia. There will be differences ...

They were conducting animal experiments to investigate epilepsy, and realized that electricity could cause a shock or seizure ... late 1930s and 1940s, electroconvulsive therapy took off, its ...

Still another course of shock therapy was then given to 1 ... The 7 patients who received electroconvulsive therapy at approximately the same time as the injections of testosterone afford no ...

Corrie star on dealing with depression Rise in non-consent shock treatment Is electroconvulsive therapy ever right for children? However, peer-reviewed research published in the journal Ethical ...

New data has revealed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is being disproportionately ... England are being given “dangerous” electric shock treatment for mental health issues – despite ...

An NHS Trust used electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) three times more than the national average on "a whim rather than science", a report said. ECT involves passing electric currents through a ...

It was not entirely clear what conditions they were trying to treat, but the 14-year-old was subjected to uncontrolled electroconvulsive therapy - an electric shock passed through his brain ...