During ECT, your healthcare team will cause a type of seizure called a tonic-clonic seizure. The tonic phase stiffens your muscles, and the clonic phase makes them twitch. They’ll give you ...

While shock therapy is generally a safe and effective treatment for depression, people undergoing ECT may experience some side effects. During ECT, healthcare professionals place small electrodes ...

Like many psychiatric treatments, the mechanism of action for electric shock therapy — or electroconvulsive therapy — is not well understood. The therapy involves using controlled electrical ...