Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for treatment-resistant depression.

“There are treatments like electroconvulsive therapy, which is where it's extremely effective for depression. We have patients who nothing else works for them, or they can't tolerate medications. And you can administer under a very safe, controlled condition where the patient's body is not moving. They're put into a very safe situation where the body doesn't move or sees. It's just an internal process that's triggered in the brain. This is an extraordinarily effective treatment for treatment resistant depression.”