Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been an effective yet controversial tool to treat severe depression for more than 70 years, and now Scottish researchers for the first time say they have discovered why the procedure often works the way it does.

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Pleads For International Help BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rhonda Coleman-Albazie, Executive Director of The Hello Schizo Foundation, is initiating and calling for an immediate, formal Congressional Investigation into the highly speculative business practices of American psychiatry and big pharma's trillion dollar profit over people enterprise with a track record of 0% cures, 0% long term case management and 100% ineffective treatments for any of the mental illnesses American psychiatry concocts. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110622/DC24277) The Hello Schizo Foundation also wants Congress to investigate the alleged resurgence of covert psychology experimentation programs like MK-Ultra by the CIA on patients without their consent or knowledge.

Pioneering neurosurgical treatment, a world first in Bristol, which very accurately targets brain networks involved in depression, could help people who suffer with severe and intractable depression.

It's an experience shared by everyone: You run into someone you know, but his or her name escapes you.