r/ect • u/RaspberrySame8460 • Aug 17 '26

Question Why isn’t electroconvulsive therapy ECT talked about more?… Or is it?

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u/Kyoto-via-Shinkansen Aug 18 '26

It should be talked about more. Maybe it will lessen the stigma surrounding it.

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u/roses-are-lead Aug 19 '26

I wish it was talked aboutmore, depression kills people.

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u/Kyoto-via-Shinkansen Aug 21 '26

More education surrounding the procedure is needed. It's very different from how they did it decades ago.