Tag: electroconvulsive therapy
Study reinforces ‘widely held but underexplored’ view that ECT is safe...
Researchers have found that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)—whereby an electric current is passed through the brain of a patient under general anaesthesia to induce a...
Novel neuromodulation technique could be “gamechanger” in treatment-resistant depression
Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy (SAINT)—a novel, high-dose intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS)—was found to be safe and more effective than sham stimulation in a...
