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📣 ECT clinicians: Join us online Feb 18-20 or May 6-8 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists & nurses. Learn more/register: https://ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy
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December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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A question on #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy tabled by Andrew Rosindell on 24-11-2025 has been answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-24/93679
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #AdverseEffects
Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought
Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional blunting Electroconvulsive therapy could be causing a wider range of adverse effects...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Author Lisa A. Conway received 100+ ECT treatments for depression. She reports the therapy erased memories and impacted her cognitive abilities. Now she's raising awareness about shock therapy's risks #LifeAfterECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy #ECT
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Local author shares ECT journey to break stigma around mental illness and shock therapy
A local author is sharing her journey with electro-convulsive therapy, or ECT.Lisa A. Conway hopes to break the stigma surrounding mental illness and raise awar
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September 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Reading emails from ECT patients who reached out to government researcher Harold Sackeim after his public offer to help with memory issues. Linda Andre reports he later discarded 175 of these pleas. #AuditECT #LifeAfterECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy
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Voices a Leading ECT Researcher Ignored - Part 2
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September 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
September 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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A large global survey of ECT patients and their families found most saw little or no benefit, many experienced worsened mood or quality of life, highlighting serious risks and the need for updated studies. lifeafterect.org/a-survey-of-... #AuditECT #LifeAfterECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy
A Survey of 1144 ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Does ECT Work? - Life After ECT
A global survey of ECT patients and their families found limited benefits, worsened quality of life, and highlights serious risks needing updated studies.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The largest survey of ECT patients and families raises questions about safety, outcomes, and informed consent.

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#LifeAfterECT #AuditECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy
ECT Survey Results Raise Questions About Safety, Efficacy, and Consent - Life After ECT
The largest survey of ECT patients and families raises questions about safety, outcomes, and informed consent.
lifeafterect.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
By Chris Harrop

madintheuk.com/2025/08/ect-...

#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #PsychiatryDebate #MentalHealthResearch #PsychiatryReform #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareTransparency #DoNoHarm
August 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Predicting the need for electroconvulsive therapy via machine learning trained on electronic health record data
Damgaard, J. G., Danielsen, A. A. et al.
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#ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #MachineLearningHealthcare #EHRDataAnalysis
June 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Woman loses her passion for art after ECT youtube.com/shorts/1A-7e... #LifeAfterECT #AuditECT #Electroconvulsivetherapy
Artist loses desire to paint after ECT #lifeafterect #depressiontreatment #ect
YouTube video by Life After ECT
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June 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) discovered as second brain event following controlled seizure induction during #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (ECT) for #TreatmentResistantDepression doi.org/10.1038/s414... #MentalHealth #TranslationalScience
Electroconvulsive therapy generates a postictal wave of spreading depolarization in mice and humans - Nature Communications
The underlying mechanism of electroconvulsive therapy remains not fully understood. Here, the authors use optical neuroimaging in mice and humans to show that electroconvulsive therapy elicits a secon...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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🧠 ECT and the Brain: What Really Happens?

one thing is certain:

💬 Patients report major improvements in quality of life.

No brain damage. No stigma. Just science.

#ECT #MentalHealth #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #Psychiatry #BreakTheStigma #PsychMedEd #psychiatrist
🧠 Did you know ECT is actually associated with a temporary increase in brain volume?
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May 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Which condition responds BEST to ECT?
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🧠 What’s the one diagnosis where ECT often falls short
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May 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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🎥 New Short just dropped!

Which condition responds BEST to ECT?🧠💡

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Which condition responds BEST to ECT?
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May 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
dukepsychiatry.bsky.social
📣 #ECT clinicians: Join us online May 7-9 for our #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy (#ECT) course! This virtual training was adapted from our former on-site ECT course, which trained >1,000 psychiatrists and nurses. Learn more/register: ow.ly/e2u850TJIPy
Duke Psychiatry logo. Electroconvulsive Therapy Practical Virtual Course. Learn about: Patient selection; Pre-ECT evaluation & informed consent; ECT stimulus parameters & electrode placement; Use of EEG monitoring; Anesthetic aspects of treatment; And more! Quote: The Duke ECT course exceeded my expectations with a thoughtful, comprehensive curriculum and lecturers who were generous with their expertise and time. — Past course participant
April 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM