They think of disturbing images portrayed by Hollywood, like the scene in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” where Jack Nicholson , held down by doctors as the treatment is administered, wakes up seizing and writhing in pain. The procedure, now called electroconvulsive therapy , is a gentler, more humane and much more effective way to treat people with severe depression that hasn’t responded to medications.
Doctors swear by new-look "shock" therapy in fighting depression
by Research Team | May 11, 2015 | Health News | 0 comments