ECT For Depression: An ‘Old’ Treatment Gets Better

• By: Robert C. Young, MD Weill Cornell Medical College
• April 1st, 2012
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is most often prescribed for severe depression and it dramatically helps many patients. It is one of several kinds of treatment that involve brain stimulation. Findings from recent research studies are helping doctors administer ECT in ways that minimize side...