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indeed electro shocking is so effective that posts discussing a potential lack of efficacy are so heinous that they must be censored

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Let me ask you this: what is even the purpose of ECT? What does it cause in the brain, and how come people figured out that this may be a positive thing?

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/peer-review-request-depress... has some discussion

I mean, I know it. But the antipsychiatry/anti-ECT folks often do not know the answer to this question.

it would be of more interest personally to discuss the topic at hand itself rather than involve our personal opinions , so if you can't make your point another way this is where our ways part

My “anti-ECT” stance is more that even modern ECT still has permanent side effects, “voluntary” does not have the standard meaning in in-patient psychiatry, and it is not impossible for a patient to have more or less every treatment thrown at their brain rather than contacting that patient's regular psychiatrist to get relevant context.

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