ELECTROSHOCK ;" It does not prevent suicide and for a minority may precipitate it. The short-term benefit gained by a small minority does not warrant the risks involved. In other branches of medicine, a treatment with such an imbalance between risk and benefit would be deemed unethical." John Read Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still used on several thousand people every year in England, many…
Mary Maddock campaigns for human rights in the 'mental health' system.