I recall reading just a few years ago that electroconvulsive therapy was making a "comeback," supposedly for only the most severe cases of depression. My dad had shock therapy in his forties and it did nothing, nothing, nothing for him except wipe out pockets of his memory for awhile. I suppose the technique has been refined.
I'm a hesitant supporter of drug therapy, but I do believe that today's emphasis on pills stems from insurance company edicts more than anything else. I had my therapy plug pulled on me when my employer went to an HMO. In retrospect it was the best thing that ever happened to me, but that's another st ory. > the appropriate drug. As for the electric shock treatment, I had thought > that had been abadoned way back in the 1950s or something but then was > suprised to learn that a colleg friend's father was receiving it > here in the > 1970s, too. Eesch - now there was a barbaric treatment. In a way, we can > thank God that medicines came along to replace THAT idea. ----------------------------------- Deb Messling =^..^= -----------------------------------
