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Nature 403, 826 (24 February 2000) | doi:10.1038/35002778
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- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- Bethesda, MD
Lectureship in Structural Biology
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 7PX, UK
... and there's no proof of lasting brain damage
Richard Abrams1
- Department of Psychiatry, Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA
Director of Somatics, Inc., manufacturer of the Thymatron ECT device
Peter Sterling1 asserts that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) damages the cerebral hemispheres. A comprehensive review of the relevant literature provides no objective evidence that ECT is capable of causing brain damage in human beings2, 3.
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