1. Benac N. United States reviews safety of electroconvulsive therapy. CMAJ 2011; 183:
E269-70. 2. Atzema CL, Schull MJ, Tu JV, et al. The effect of a charted history of depression …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is highly effective with a low rate of adverse effects, such as
transient asystole and bradycardia. In this issue of Journal of ECT, Hartnett et al1 provide a …

Over 16 million Americans suffer from coronary artery disease (CAD), and it is the single
leading cause of death in the United States. 1 In addition, nearly 6 million Americans have …

Many reports of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the news media try to achieve journalistic
bal-ance by dedicating a sizable portion of their content to anti-ECT views. We suggest that …

Keywords electroconvulsive therapy, depression, advocacy for patients include many that
are life sustaining (eg, implantable cardiac pacemakers or heart valves). Typically …

As novel forms of neuromodulation (such as vagal nerve stimulation [VNS], transcranial
magnetic stimulation [TMS], and deep brain stimulation [DBS]) gain increasing interest from …

In this issue of JAMA Network Open, Rönnqvist et al1 report on a study of the association of
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with suicide among patients hospitalized with major …

standard” in the treatment of mood disorders (Kellner et al. 2012). ECT is the penultimate
treatment in algorithmic strategies for patients whose depression is most resistant (Conway …

Background Researchers are increasingly investigating therapeutic response associated
with new patient subgroups as a way to improve electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment …

Background: Previous studies examining the risk of suicide death following treatment with
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) have been confounded and the resulting uncertainty …