electroshock therapy
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Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
In 1972, Sen. Thomas Eagleton, a Democrat from Missouri, withdrew his name as George McGovern’s running mate after disclosing he had undergone electroshock therapy for clinical depression.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023
He went through many rounds of early ECT practices, which were then known as electroshock therapy.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2022
The procedure, once referred to as electroshock therapy, has a controversial and largely unfavorable history.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021
The physician also agreed to refrain from giving him electroshock therapy, a commonly used treatment for mental conditions in Canadian hospitals at that time.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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