Don't call electroconvulsive therapy 'shock therapy

Despite its portrayal in the media, electroconvulsive therapy isn't medically or clinically controversial. Calling it that risks people's mental health and even their lives.

Electroconvulsive therapy is still being used today – with mixed results, The Independent

Is shock therapy making a comeback? - CBS News

Electroconvulsive Therapy: What It Is, How It Works and Who It Helps

Electroconvulsive therapy: Peeling back the mystery, Psychiatry, Michigan Medicine

In COVID's early days, Twin Cities doctors collaborated to keep offering 'life-saving' ECT

New Thinking Challenges the Stigma Around 'Shock Therapy' - WSJ

Ketamine vs ECT for Depression: Making an Informed Decision

Electroconvulsive therapy: its dark past and hopeful future as a treatment for depression - Vox

The pandemic proved 'shock therapy' is an essential treatment. Will Washington improve its availability?

More than a third of electro shock therapy patients given treatment without consent, study suggests