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  1. Short bursts of oxygen deprivation could help treat depression: Chinese study

    Brief, controlled bouts of oxygen deprivation – essentially moments of safe suffocation – can alleviate se…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #acuteintermittenthypoxia #Adenosine #AU #Australia #clinicaltrials #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #Health #ketamine #medialprefrontalcortex #MentalHealth #non-invasivetherapeutics #oxygendeprivation #rapid-actingantidepressants #scmp #severedepression
    newsbeep.com/au/320091/

  2. Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought | Science | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/science/2025/n

    I always thought this was a barbaric practice, and was amazed it was still being done.

    “The research is so flawed and inconclusive that ECT would have absolutely no chance of obtaining MHRA approval in the UK, or FDA approval in the USA, if it were introduced today.”

    #ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #Health #MentalHealth

  3. Second round of ECT today. I feel like I have walked a mountain and then had a fight with Mike Tyson in his prime.

    I was so confused, the short term memory loss is real today. I remember them fetching me and I remember them taking me back.

    Bumped into my doctor and it looks like we got a good seizure.

    #mentalhealth #electroconvulsivetherapy

  4. #Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat #Depression in New Study
    Research this week presents the most robust evidence to date that ketamine is at least as effective as #electroconvulsivetherapy (#ECT) for patients with #treatmentresistant depression who do not have psychosis.
    archive.ph/20w3w

    #MentalHealth Breakthrough!

  5. CW: Electroconvulsive therapy

    It’s terrible how bad my memory has been ever since I underwent 16 sessions of ECT a few years ago. I was told it would go back to normal after 2-3 months, but it didn’t. I have ADHD, so my memory was never great to begin with. I’m always trying new strategies to try to avoid forgetting things, but it’s never enough. It’s so frustrating. I worry that people will think I’m just using memory issues as an excuse for not wanting to do things. #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #ADHD

  6. I have severe, permanent memory loss after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Why aren't accounts of damage like mine considered in safety reviews?
    A survivor harmed by ECT challenges a psychiatrist who promotes it - Mad in the UK
  7. 68% of the children given ECT had memory loss (which can be permanent), more than half experienced headaches, and more than a third ended up with delirium.
    Study that claims ECT is safe for children is flawed and ethically concerning - Mad in the UK
  8. Anyone out there have experience (direct or indirect) with #ElectroConvulsiveTherapy ?

    #ECT is not often discussed, and when it is it often comes with stigma and misinformation. My experience is direct and mostly positive, but I've never really had the opportunity to talk with others about it.

    #Depression
    #Psychiatry
    #SuicidePrevention
    #MentalHealth