Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in older patients may not relieve their insomnia
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Older people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need an additional treatment if insomnia is one of their symptoms, researchers report. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
ECT for Depression?
(MedPage Today) -- Does electroconvulsive therapy get short shrift? (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 26, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Huge Meta-analysis Finds Deaths From ECT'Extremely Rare'Huge Meta-analysis Finds Deaths From ECT'Extremely Rare '
Patients and clinicians can be reassured that deaths related to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are very rare, and the incidence appears to be decreasing, according to a huge meta-analysis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Mega Meta-analysis Shows ECT Mortality'Extremely Rare'Mega Meta-analysis Shows ECT Mortality'Extremely Rare '
Patients and clinicians can be reassured that deaths related to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are very rare, and the incidence appears to be decreasing, according to a huge meta-analysis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
ECT Effective for Depression, Psychosis, Self-Harm in Youth ECT Effective for Depression, Psychosis, Self-Harm in Youth
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) significantly improves depression and psychosis and is especially effective for those with a substance use disorder.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Mental Health Treatment Can Save Lives, But The Right Diagnosis Can Take Years
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.In His Own Words: Above, Nic Newling, 30, writes how his experience with untreated bipolar disorder made him feel.
Animation by Isabella Carapella/Photography by Damon Dahlen
1,277 days. That’s approximately how long it took Nic Newling to figure out he was dealing with bipolar disorder after first reaching out for help.
Newling was born and raised in Sydney. He first began to notice something was wrong when he was a young teen in school. He felt panicked and burned out ― sometimes for no reason at all ― and it was severely destabilizing his everyday routine.
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mental Health Treatment Can Save Lives, But The Right Diagnosis Can Take Years
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.In His Own Words: Above, Nic Newling, 30, writes how his experience with untreated bipolar disorder made him feel.
Animation by Isabella Carapella/Photography by Damon Dahlen
1,277 days. That’s approximately how long it took Nic Newling to figure out he was dealing with bipolar disorder after first reaching out for help.
Newling was born and raised in Sydney. He first began to notice something was wrong when he was a young teen in school. He felt panicked and burned out ― sometimes for no reason at all ― and it was severely destabilizing his everyday routine.
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Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 15, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Ketamine, ECT Pairing Disappoints in Depression Ketamine, ECT Pairing Disappoints in Depression
Augmentation of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine provides no additional benefit in patients with depression.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is safe
(Aarhus University) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for severe depression and other mental disorders, and a new study headed by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark documents that the risk is very small. The most significant result in the study is that only one ECT-related death has been reported for the 414.747 ECT treatments that are registered in studies published after 2001. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 2, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
What is ECT and how does it work?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo ’s Nest has coloured perceptions of electroconvulsive therapy, but the modern reality is differentThe public perception of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is rooted in cultural depictions, not least the dramatic scene in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo ’s Nest in which Jack Nicholson is held down as the treatment is carried out.Sylvia Plath ’s account in The Bell Jar is hardly less brutal. Describing ECT, administered without general anesthetic, the protagonist says: “With each flash a great jolt drubbed me till I thought my bones would break and the sap fly out of me like a split plant.â...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Mental health Society Depression Medical research Science Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy on the rise again in England
ECT stages comeback after years of decline, with thousands treated on NHS despite lack of scientific explanation for effectsThe use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat serious mental health problems, a procedure long thought to be in steep decline, is on the rise again in England, a Guardian analysis indicates.Exclusive data covering four-fifths of NHS mental health trusts in England shows that more than 22,600 individual ECT treatments were carried out in 2015-16, a rise of 11% from four years ago, when about 20,400 were carried out.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis and Pamela Duncan Tags: Mental health NHS Depression Society Source Type: news
Mind the Treatment Gap
getty images/ istock photoBy Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaPHILADELPHIA AND NEW DELHI, Apr 14 2017 (IPS)Implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act will require a restructuring of health-care services The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on March 27, 2017, has been hailed as a momentous reform. According to the Bill, every person will have the right to access mental health care operated or funded by the government; good quality and affordable health care; equality of treatment and protection from inhuman practices; access to legal services; and right to complain against coercion and cruelt...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vani Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Women's Health Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Title: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 11/18/2001 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Depression General)
Source: MedicineNet Depression General - March 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - March 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
