Trial to Test ECT for Severe Agitation in Alzheimer's Trial to Test ECT for Severe Agitation in Alzheimer's
With funding for a new trial secured, electroconvulsive therapy is gaining ground as a possible treatment for treatment-resistant agitation and aggression in patients with Alzheimer ' s disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive Therapy and Stroke in Affective Disorder Electroconvulsive Therapy and Stroke in Affective Disorder
Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses electroconvulsive therapy and later stroke in patients with affective disorders.Medscape Psychiatry (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Commentary Source Type: news
Stop ECT for Refractory Depression? The Great Debate Stop ECT for Refractory Depression? The Great Debate
Experts argue for, and against, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe, refractory depression in a ' head-to-head ' article in the BMJ.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Alterations in hippocampal structural connections differentiate between responders of ECT
(Elsevier) A new study in people with major depression reports that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces changes in the fibers connecting the hippocampus to brain regions involved in mood and emotion. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Adverse Cardiac Events and Mortality Associated With ECT Adverse Cardiac Events and Mortality Associated With ECT
This study assessed the risk of serious CV events and death.Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Journal Article Source Type: news
McLean researchers lead ECT study for alzheimer's patients with aggression
(McLean Hospital) McLean will lead a five-year study to investigate the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat severe agitation and aggression in people with Alzheimer's disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Depression Treatment: Where We Are Missing the Mark
Depression affects 450 million people worldwide and 15 million adults in the United States (U.S.) alone. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, claiming over 40,000 lives every year. We see these heartbreaking stories making headlines too often, and there are tens of thousands more we do not know about.
The scariest part? There is no end in sight.
Antidepressants are one of the three most commonly used therapeutic drug classes in the United States. Approximately 1 in 9 Americans of all ages reported taking at least one antidepressant medication — a number that was less than 1 in 50 just th...
Source: Psych Central - September 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sachin Mehta, M.D. Tags: Antidepressants Bipolar Depression Medications Mood Stabilizers Neuroscience Suicide Treatment Deep brain stimulation Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation Depression Treatment Electroconvulsive Therapy Major Depressive Disorder Source Type: news
People undergoing voluntary and involuntary ECT treatment have similar outcomes
(Trinity College Dublin) People who have involuntary electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression have similar outcomes to those who have voluntary treatment, according to a ground-breaking new study conducted by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Early ECT Efficacious, Cost-effective for Resistant Depression Early ECT Efficacious, Cost-effective for Resistant Depression
A study suggests that initiating electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) early in the treatment resistant depression is both cost-effective and efficacious. after multiple other treatments have failed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
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A study suggests that initiating electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) early in the treatment resistant depression is both cost-effective and efficacious. after multiple other treatments have failed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
ECT Effective for Treatment-Resistant Depression
MONDAY, May 14, 2018 -- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be effective and cost-effective for U.S. patients with treatment-resistant depression, according to research published online May 10 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Eric L. Ross, from the University of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 14, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Should 'shock therapy' be used to treat depression more often?
A study concludes that if electroconvulsive therapy was used earlier in the treatment of depression, the outcome for many patients would be much improved. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
ECT May Benefit Young Patients With Severe Autism ECT May Benefit Young Patients With Severe Autism
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may reduce depression and other psychiatric symptoms in patients with severe autism spectrum disorder, new research shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Is electroconvulsive therapy a treatment for depression following traumatic brain injury? - Srienc A, Narang P, Sarai S, Xiong Y, Lippmann S.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be caused by blunt or penetrating injury to the head. The pathophysiological evolution of TBI involves complex biochemical and genetic changes. Common sequelae of TBI include seizures and psychiatric disorders, particularly... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
ECT for Mood Disorders'Does Not Cause Dementia'ECT for Mood Disorders'Does Not Cause Dementia '
Amid ongoing concerns that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may affect cognition, new research suggests the treatment does not increase dementia risk in patients, even older ones, with affective disorders.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
