"The grasses unload their griefs on my feet" - the therapy of Sylvia Plath - Moretti M.
The study deals with the psychiatric treatment of the writer with a tragic fate, Sylvia Plath. Sylvia's treatment began with electroconvulsive therapy for suicidal thoughts at the age of 20 and soon afterended up in hospital for an attempted suicide with s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Can psychomotor disturbance predict ECT outcome in depression? - van Diermen L, Vanmarcke S, Walther S, Moens H, Veltman E, Fransen E, Sabbe B, van der Mast R, Birkenh äger T, Schrijvers D.
This study investigates whether psychomotor disturbance predicts the outcome of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and how the treatment modulates psychomotor disturbance. In 73 adults sufferin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
ECT for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia ECT for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia
This Cochrane review evaluated the current evidence for the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy on clinical response for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.Schizophrenia Bulletin (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Journal Article Source Type: news
Ghana: ICGC Donates Therapeutic Machines to MHA
[Ghanaian Times] The Mental Health Authority has received three Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) machines to augment the treatment of mental health patients in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lithium for suicide and readmission prevention after electroconvulsive therapy for unipolar depression: population-based register study - Brus O, Cao Y, Hammar Å, Landén M, Lundberg J, Nordanskog P, Nordenskjöld A.
This study quantifies the effec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Managing Borderline Personality Disorder: New Insights Managing Borderline Personality Disorder: New Insights
New research is investigating the potential role of electroconvulsive therapy and antipsychotics in patients with borderline personality disorder.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Novel Convulsive Therapy May Cut Suicidal Thoughts in BD Novel Convulsive Therapy May Cut Suicidal Thoughts in BD
Magnetic seizure therapy appears effective in treating severe depression and suicidal thoughts while having a more benign effect on cognitive function than electroconvulsive therapy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - June 4, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Low-amp electroconvulsive therapy may relieve suicidal thoughts
A new, small trial finds that low-amp electroconvulsive therapy is highly effective in reducing suicidal ideation while having no cognitive side effects. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Lower-amp ECT appears effective against suicidal thoughts
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Nearly half the amplitude typically used in standard electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) seems to be effective at treating suicidal thoughts, investigators report. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive Therapy and Cardiac Events Electroconvulsive Therapy and Cardiac Events
Dr Peter Yellowlees on an important new meta-analysis of one of the main proposed risks of using ECT to treat depression.Medscape Psychiatry (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - May 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Commentary Source Type: news
Book Review: Birth of a New Brain: Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder
“I was caught in a whirl of racing, obsessive thoughts, which is how many people describe their bouts of mania. Instead of noticing my baby girl’s sweet scent or feeling her rose-petal soft skin, all I could think was, I must write this idea down, and this, and this…,” writes Dyane Harwood.
In her new book, Birth of a New Brain: Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder, Harwood offers an unfiltered, unedited and heart-wrenching journey through postpartum bipolar disorder and reminds us all that, even in the seemingly worst circumstances, hope can remain.
Harwood’s story begins in the delivery room, a place where ...
Source: Psych Central - May 20, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Claire Nana Tags: Bipolar Book Reviews Disorders Family General Medications Memory and Perception Motivation and Inspiration Personal Stories Postpartum Depression Psychological Assessment Psychology Stigma Stress Suicide Treatment Women's I Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy reboots certain brain networks to help depressed individuals
(Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) helps people with severe depression by 'pushing the reset button' on brain networks involved in creating a mental picture, according to recent Baycrest findings. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Magnitude of reduction and speed of remission of suicidality for low amplitude seizure therapy (LAP-ST) compared to standard right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy: a pilot double-blinded randomized clinical trial - Youssef NA, Ravilla D, Patel C, Yassa M, Sadek R, Zhang LF, McCloud L, McCall WV, Rosenquist PB.
Background: Although treatment guidelines support use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for acute suicidality, it is associated with cognitive side effects. The effect of Low Amplitude Seizure Therapy (LAP-ST) on suicidality is unknown. Our prior p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Brain Stimulation May Soothe Severe Depression
The treatments included electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), magnetic seizure therapy, and transcranial direct current stimulation. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Non-suicidal self-injury and electroconvulsive therapy: outcomes in adolescent and young adult populations - Rootes-Murdy K, Carlucci M, Tibbs M, Wachtel LE, Sherman MF, Zandi PP, Reti IM.
BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive (ECT) therapy is a highly effective treatment for severe depression. Although the clear majority of patients respond to ECT, not all do, and we still lack good predictors for ECT outcome, especially in adolescents and young ad... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
