How state laws can stymie research into your ancestors' psychiatric records
Breta Meria Conole was in a state psychiatric hospital for more than two decades. But the reason why is a family mystery.
May 24, 2026
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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities: News and Research on Psychiatric Somatic Therapies
MeSH tree: F04.570
Why electroconvulsive therapy remains contested: Families report memory loss, worse quality of life and limited benefits
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which involves passing electricity through the brain under general anesthesia to cause a seizure, usually between six and 12 times, is used to varying degrees around the world for patients ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Five tips to make your memory work more effectively
As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how memory works—and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, decades of research have given ...
Apr 18, 2026
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A new depression treatment may rival electroconvulsive therapy while avoiding one of its biggest drawbacks
An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University of California San Diego School of Medicine, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, has found that magnetic ...
Apr 15, 2026
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Psychiatric associations urge WHO to revise guidance on electroconvulsive therapy
Leading international professional associations have issued a joint statement taking a clear stance on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and calling for a scientific and evidence-based presentation of the treatment. In doing ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Psychiatric training for family doctors aims to provide better mental health care for rural and Indigenous patients
Each year, 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental health issue, and about 50% will have experienced a mental Illness by age 40. For many, their first and sometimes only point of contact for medical assistance is their ...
Mar 30, 2026
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Focused ultrasound subtly primes human brain to respond, EEG study finds
A research team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique, by showing how focused ultrasound affects the human brain. Using brainwave recordings from human participants, the ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Gamma-synced brain stimulation can nudge people to behave less selfishly
Stimulating two brain areas, nudging them to collectively fire in the same way, increases a person's ability to behave altruistically, according to a study published in the PLOS Biology by Jie Hu from East China Normal University ...
Feb 10, 2026
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Unexpected partial recovery of natural vision observed after intracortical microstimulation in a blind patient
A patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve damage partially recovered natural vision after participating in a clinical trial of electrical stimulation of the visual cortex conducted by researchers ...
Feb 3, 2026
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How open questions reveal the full extent of damage done by electroconvulsive therapy
An international study, the first of its kind to use an online survey to capture the long-term effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) on patients, has revealed that while some patients experience improved mood, an overwhelming ...
Feb 2, 2026
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