Dr. Kellner cites a study purporting to show an absence of cognitive impairment in eight subjects after more than 100 lifetime ECT treatments.

Prior to ECT treatment, a patient is given a muscle relaxant and is put to sleep with a general anesthesia.

While most experts agree that the benefits of short-term ECT treatments outweigh the risks for severely depressed patients, few studies look at the effects past six months, experts said.

Diana receives a series of ECT treatments over two weeks.

In 1962 in San Francisco, Leonard was committed to a psychiatric hospital for being 'paranoid schizophrenic' and given insulin shock treatments and dozens of ECT treatments.

In 1989 Imogene Rohovit sued Mecta alleging that her ECT treatment had caused her brain damage.

Investigators found that the patient's depression symptoms were inversely related to her hallucinations and primarily stemmed from the ECT treatment.

This angers Ryan, Suzanne, and others concerned with Cyril's well being but they have no legal means of stopping the ECT treatment.

Prior to ECT treatment, a person is given a muscle relaxant and put under general anesthesia.

These physiologic changes typically occur right away after the ECT treatment and can be managed by health professionals doing the procedure, if needed.