ECT

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It would be offered to patients with the most hard-to-treat depression, as an alternative to ECT.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025

In 2019, the year after Lijian says he was hospitalised, the Chinese Medical Doctor Association updated its ECT guidelines, stating it should only ever be administered with consent, and under general anaesthetic.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

More than half of those given ketamine showed improvement, compared with about 41% for those receiving ECT.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

"At the end of the day, what's most important to patients and to doctors is that the treatment works, which in the case of ECT, it does," said Voytek.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

"When I shut down this computer and I reboot it, I turn it back on and it works," said Michael Alan Taylor, a retired neuropsychiatrist who studied ECT for years.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023