The treatment works by placing electrodes on your head to medically induce a seizure, which can help treat symptoms. If your healthcare providers believe ECT can improve symptoms of a mental ...

Larry Tye, an author and former Boston Globe health reporter, is coauthor, with Kitty Dukakis, of “Shock: The Healing Power ...

Brain Institute at UT Southwestern. For more than 80 years, some patients with treatment-resistant depression have found relief through ECT, which delivers electric pulses to key areas of the ...