In the deepest despair, electroconvulsive therapy offers hope
In the past, ECT could be violent and brutal. But today, it’s one of the best treatments for severe depression that we have
by Wendy Burn
Wendy Burn is a consultant old age psychiatrist, co-chair of the Gatsby Wellcome Neuroscience Project and past president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She chairs the clinical group of Equally Well UK and is a national mental health clinical advisor at Health Education England. She lives in Ilkley in the UK.
Written by Wendy Burn