Notes From The Ward
an insider’s view of mood disorders
A Shocking View
January 6th, 2008 by Dennis H. in Psychiatry, Society, Treatments No Comments

I came across a review at Slate, the online magazine, of a book on ECT, commonly referred to as “shock therapy.” It offered a view of ECT that one rarely sees anywhere else in the media; namely that it’s a powerful treatment for mood disorders, and that the visions of it that Hollywood has conjured […]