Thursday 16 June 2011

Ect or sham ect?

Shakespeare couldn't have asked the question better himself if he was a modern mental health scientist.

Based on the most recent review at least.

Its that patient measure which psychiatrists aren't interested in: does it really work?

Bentall and Read might present a challenge to psychiatry but any idiot who can read a paper can out do psychiatry.

Sham ect is the best treatment in mental health. The nocebo effect isn't studied. But only a good scientist would consider that ridiculous proposition...

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