electroconvulsive therapy

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In the 1960s, she was given electroconvulsive therapy.

From BBC

“She was so ill that we were considering electroconvulsive therapy for her because nothing was working.”

From Seattle Times

If they respond to psychotherapy or if they respond to antidepressants work or if they respond to electroconvulsive therapy, the name may not matter that much.

From Salon

Any reader of “The Bell Jar” is aware of the horrors of electroconvulsive therapy, but the revelation that Plath received four ECT treatments without anesthesia before her 1953 suicide attempt is devastating.

From Los Angeles Times

Numerous psychological, pharmacological and physical treatments are effective, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, antidepressant drugs and electroconvulsive therapy.

From Nature