Electric Shock Therapy, modernly known as Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT), is, and always has been, the most controversial treatment for depression. It has a history that has given it a barbaric image. Yet, it has the ability to save lives that might otherwise be lost to suicide. History Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) has been used for 72 ...
What I Live With Depression is a condition that I have lived with all of my life because when I was three years old, I got hit by a car and suffered a head injury. This caused severe brain damage and I was in a coma for two weeks after the accident. The doctors didn’t ...
Depression can lead to numerous physical problems, such as severe fatigue, loss of appetite or increased appetite leading to excessive weight loss or weight gain, insomnia, substance abuse, self-injurious behavior and even suicide attempts. But did you know it can also damage your immune system? Research shows it can. And the negative impact on the ...
Depression is a serious and potentially deadly illness that is one of America’s leading causes of disability. While it requires treatment, many patients have found that they are incompatible with mainstream treatment protocols, and reports of serious side-effects from selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Zoloft and Prozac are exceedingly common. I have personally tried ...