Electroconvulsive therapy
Ketamine Saved My Life. Now NZ’s Only Treatment Clinic is Shutting Down
The only health board offering Ketamine to treat depression is closing the trial down. Jemima Lomax-Sawyers, who was a member of the trial, writes why that news is terrifying for patients.
Hundreds of Mental Health Patients Given Forced Electroconvulsive Therapy
The use of non-consensual electroconvulsive therapy in New Zealand has more than tripled in two years. Why are so many more mental health patients being shocked without permission?
This Company Wants to be the Apple Store for Depressed People
Stop at the Genius Bar for a brain tuneup?
How Shock Therapy Can Save Depressed Women's Lives
Although it's been stigmatized in pop culture, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can help treat serious depression when nothing else works. We spoke to three women who have undergone the treatment.
Falsely Institutionalized by Her Husband (Excerpt from 'India’s Mental Health Crisis')
VICE News speaks with "Vidya," a woman who was falsely institutionalized by her husband in order to file for divorce.
For Schizophrenics in India, a Ray of Hope (Extra Scene from 'India’s Mental Health Crisis')
In this extra scene, VICE News visits a community program in Pune which treats people with schizophrenia.
India's Mental Health Crisis
VICE News travels to Maharashtra to investigate what it’s like to be deemed a woman with mental illness in India today.
India's Mental Health Crisis (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News travels to Maharashtra to investigate what it’s like to be deemed a woman with mental illness in India today.
Psychiatry's Most Promising New Treatment Is a Pacemaker For the Brain
And scientists have the lobotomy and electroconvulsive therapy to thank.