When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North America in March 2020, health care facilities stopped providing all but "essential" care, to reduce infection risks and preserve protective gear known as PPE.
Jun 2, 2021
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Magnets to treat depression? It may sound bizarre, but this treatment is now available on the NHS. It's called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS.
Jun 7, 2023
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A new study in people with major depression reports that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces changes in the fibers connecting the hippocampus to brain regions involved in mood and emotion. Only patients who responded ...
Jan 16, 2019
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It was a gloomy, rainy October day in 2007 when Kathryn began to see in colour again. This day marked the moment she started to recover —from a 19-year battle with a profoundly disabling treatment-resistant depression.
Dec 21, 2017
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Electroconvulsive therapy remains one of the most effective treatments for severe depression, but new UNSW research shows ultra-brief pulse stimulation is almost as effective as standard ECT, with far fewer cognitive side ...
Jul 21, 2015
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A low-cost version of ketamine to treat severe depression has performed strongly in a double-blind trial that compared it with placebo.
Jul 13, 2023
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A line in this week's federal budget allocating A$288.5 million to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy might pass most people by.
May 13, 2021
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Older patients who receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment of mood disorders have lower risk of mortality and greater protection against short-term risk of suicide, according to a Yale study.
Jan 24, 2022
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(HealthDay)—"Shock" therapy often helps lift severe depression, but fear and stigma can deter patients from getting it. Now a large new study is confirming the treatment's safety.
Jul 19, 2021
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a medically safe mental health intervention, according to a new study led by CAMH researcher Dr. Tyler Kaster as part of his doctoral studies at ICES and the University of Toronto. The study ...
Jul 12, 2021
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