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From my personal observations of someone who's had a series of ECT treatments on a couple of different occasions, it's most definitely a "last resort", and I'm not sure of the effectiveness in that particular case either. On the first attempt, (IMO) the highly regarded, nationally known medical center, simply used up the patient's private insurance (until it reached a lifetime cap) as fast as they could, and the patient was a WHOLE lot worse upon discharge. Classic paranoid schizophrenic symptoms coupled with severe depression too boot...not a pretty thing to observe. Good luck to all who've reach those depths of despair.
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