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More shocking news about ECT.

As though we need more.

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Niall McLaren
Dec 17, 2024
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ECT is back in the news this week, with the publication of a paper from the UK studying its long-term effects. Unlike most papers in psychiatry, where the message is buried under a blizzard of statistics, this was a narrative account, i.e. sitting down with the patients and letting them talk around a few basic questions. This is valid: we can either stu…

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