ECT: Doctors don't know how it works, so why use it? - The Telegraph 19th May 2008

Using electroconvulsive therapy for depression remains controversial. Dr Max Pemberton examines the evidence Depression kills. Suicide in the UK constitutes nearly one per cent of deaths from all causes every year. Depression can kill Depression can kill. Is ECT the answer? It is the single biggest killer of young men after road traffic accidents, and the 2001 Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths found that suicide was the leading cause of maternal mortality in the UK.

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