Electroconvulsive therapy is often misunderstood—but it’s a safe, highly effective treatment for severe depression. Learn how ...

For years, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been a lifesaving treatment for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), yet exactly how it works has largely remained a mystery. Now ...

On July 25, 1972, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri revealed that he had received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression in the 1960s. After initially ...

Electroshock therapy (ECT) can treat depression safely and effectively, especially in the elderly. SHERWIN NULAND: (VO, DR. NULAND READING FROM BOOK) Just as physical pain loses its intense reality ...

Sylvie Sallquist has struggled with severe depression and anxiety since she was a child, and this is her latest attempt to find relief. "We're at the UW Neuromodulation and I'm about to get an ECT ...

Lisa Morrison entered the mental health system at the age of 14 after she was prescribed medication for major depression. But it’s only decades later that Morrison, who was born in South Africa and ...