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Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful ...

Without ECT treatment, “Jaime” suffers from both ... Two other bills on electroshock therapy have been proposed this legislative session. S.B. 1070, submitted by Sen. Catherine Osten, seeks ...

They used this technique successfully on dogs and in April 1938, they applied electroshock to their ... During World War II, interest in the treatment only increased, and was part of training ...

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as well as the tremors she felt for decades after receiving electroshock treatment. The process, which involved her being strapped to a chair and shocked as images of women’s clothing were ...

Lou Reed grew up in Long Island, New York. During his teens, he received electroshock treatment for depression, and would later cite the experience as damaging and transformative. He formed the ...