Dolores Orrico watched her psychiatrist flip a switch and turn a knob. She stared hard as adjustments were made to the machine that’d soon send her into a seizure. She was lying back in a bed on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr Sue Cunliffe photographed for The Telegraph at home in Worcester - Andrew Fox I was 37 when I was told I needed ...

To the surprise of many people, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still used. In England, about 2,500 people every year undergo the procedure, which involves about ten electric shocks under general ...

Of all treatments in contemporary psychiatry, perhaps none is more commonly misunderstood than electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Its depiction in the popular media and in movies such as One Flew Over ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe mental health conditions, including schizophrenia. Though it’s more commonly used to treat major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, ECT ...