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J Mathers. 1980-03-29. ECT: balancing risks and benefits.. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.280.6218.941
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We report a 56-year-old man with Huntington's disease whose chorea substantially improved after treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ECT should be considered for medically refractory cases of movement disorders, especially those with severe disability.
Newspapers reports on ECT are extremely biased. A quantitative analysis of four German and Swiss papers demonstrates impressingly the change of meaning of synonymous terms like "Elektroschock" and "Schocktherapie" which refer to torture and brutal reforms of Eastern European communist economies.