SHOCK THERAPY
New York Times - Dec 20, 1987
Today, I struggle with a permanent loss of mental function. ... prove or refute categorically the charge that electroconvulsive therapy causes brain damage. ...
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Electroconvulsive Therapy: An Exchange
New York Review of Books - The New York Review of Books - Mar 14, 1985
... of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment for melancholia, ... of the permanent damage to that organ that may be done by electroconvulsive ...
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Shock Therapy's Return to Respectability
New York Times - Nov 22, 1987
... she is considered a prime candidate for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), ... what they claim is the near certainty of permanent long-term memory loss. ...
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ELECTROSHOCK USED ONLY WHEN NEED
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Mar 5, 1985
... of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy, ... causes permanent brain damage and concomitant effects on memory. ...
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LOWERING THE DOSAGE IN SHOCK THERAPY
$2.95 - Boston Globe - NewsBank - Feb 4, 1985
Doctors who use electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) to treat severe ... and permanent memory loss for events that took place just before the therapy. ...
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Vet's lawsuit reopens shock treatment debate
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Feb 27, 1984
Shock treatment is formally known as electroconvulsive therapy [ECT] and involves ... visually analyzed [brain-wave tests] have not shown permanent changes ...
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ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY BAN MAY BE REINSTATED
$2.95 - San Jose Mercury News - NewsBank - Jan 27, 1986
Berkeley became the only city in the state to ban shock treatments, also known as electroconvulsive therapy, in November 1982. Opponents of the procedure, ...
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SHOCK THERAPY: ADVOCATES GIVING A JOLT TO VILLAINOUS …
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Jan 21, 1985
ELECTROCONVULSIVE shock therapy, the type-cast villain and wayward stepchild of modern ... He adds that "it can cause small hemorrhages, permanent changes. ...
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