Dr. Richard Jaffe, Depression on "The 10! Show" from EinsteinHealth on Vimeo. Clear and short explanation on depression and it's treatment, including ECT by Richard Jaffe MD. Richard Jaffe discussed the “winter blues” and some of the treatment options that are available to those suffering with depression. He also highlighted some of the new refinements that have been made in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Related posts: 10 Websites With The Best Information on Depression Depression information on healthcenter.com Technology Review: Brain Electrodes Help Treat Depression ..read more »

ECT, current practice View more presentations from vdbroekw Last Friday had the pleasure of doing a presentation on the current practice of ECT for lay public. It was during the Publieksdag for the 140th birthday of the Dutch Association of Psychiatry during the annual conference in Amsterdam. Also found some excellent information on ECT on the Internet: A concise description mainly on the procedure Electroconvulsive therapy: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Medscape about Electroconvulsive therapy, a clear and thorough discussion about ECT Some older article: Electroconvulsive Therapy - NIH Consensus Statements - NCBI Bookshelf Well written information .....read more »

Short video about electro convulsive therapy (ECT) with people who have been there. Nuanced narrative with the positive and negative aspects of ECTRelated posts: 10 Video’s on Electroconvulsive Therapy 9 Videos on ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. Electroshock in Mass Media ..read more »

Aqua is a very good writer, an inspiration for this old doctor. Recently see underwent ECT and is writing her experiences with this treatment on her blog: honestly, nuanced and informative. Not all is good news, but than you will not undergo ECT for nothing and she has been there. Please read her first post on this subject on her blog: ECT 1, Making The Decision, hope a lot will follow.Related posts: Hands On Experience with ECT Blogging About ECT, Hands on Experience Another Hands On Experience with ECT ..read more »

From all the newspapers in the last seven years in British national newspapers about 348 mentioned ECT or electroconvulsive therapy or electroshock and it's other synonyms. Overall 111 articles (31,9%) portrayed ECT negatively, 198 articles were neutral and 39 were positive. A substantial comment on ECT was published in 44 (12,6%) articles. The negative comments (14/16) were published in liberal newspapers whereas most positive comments about ECT (10/12) were published in conservative newspapers. Overall most depictions of ECT were neutral, with smaller numbers of negative (111) and positive (39) representations. Not bad compared to the depiction of ECT in Hollywood movies. Euba .....read more »

The best information in health care is from patients who have been there. Those who underwent treatment, suffer from a certain illness. It's the kind of hands on experience physicians can't deliver. On this blog I have collected some examples of these "hands on experiences". Some recent posts were written about ECT by them with hands on experience. Aqua on Vicarious Therapy wrote a post on ECT and media portrayals of depression treatment options. She is irritated by the negative portrayal of ECT in the media. It irritates me, (and does not help me explain potential treatments to concerned family .....read more »

This courageous young woman Rachel Star (on twitter) tells about the negative an positive aspects of ECT, a year later. Very impressive story from someone who has been there and is getting along. A kind of sequel of a video at the beginning of this year just before and during the course of ECT on this blog: Hands on experience on video about electroshock therapy. A young woman and her mother on this video about ECT. Very impressive story about having ECT, side-effects and how she improved on ECT. Related posts: The year I was homeless Old Year/New Year Dutch Grand Round 10.1 .....read more »

Told you earlier this year about an excellent blog of someone undergoing Maintenance ECT at the moment: Jumpstarting a life with a little sparkle to the head. After the fourth lesson there is now a fifth ECT lesson: After ECT treatment continues: I know that by the time we’re considering ECT, we are barely able to make it through the day, but I think it’s better to ask and know upfront what turns your life could take post-ECT rather than be surprised by something that’s already been documented that it might happen. And even a sixth ECT lesson: Communication is key If you .....read more »

This week we had to treat a patient with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). He had a pacemaker. The cardiologist offered to be there during the first treatment to see how things were going with the pacemaker during ECT. Everything went just fine except for the astonishment of the cardiologist. He was flabbergasted about the ECT procedure. He never realized that his ideas and fantasies were far beyond reality. He still had "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" in his mind. Moreover, he now better understood the challenges faced during ECT. Heart rate and blood pressure can increase for a short while. This .....read more »

Found another excellent blog of someone undergoing ECT. Besides writing about his or her experiences with ECT there are also posts on other topics as well such as depression, mental health rsources etc. ECT lessons I've learned #4, write them down: When I went through ECT the first time around, I wrote down my passwords to the various online accounts that I have on a sheet of paper. This advice came from the book Shock by Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye. It’s a great safeguard measure, and it was probably good to have my memory refreshed about those passwords anyway. Keep .....read more »