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…showed last 75 words of 1196 total…In conclusion electroconvulsive shock therapy has a background that screams dangerous. The most surprising piece presented here is that a brain cannot be normal after receiving ECT treatment. One session can mean permanent brain damage forever. The death rate being found to be almost 1 in 200 makes it one of the highest death rates by a psychiatric treatment in the world (Cauchon 1). With all the medical options available to us now, why would anyone choose ECT?