Dr Alby Elias

Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Health & Medicine

Changing the image problem of electroconvulsive therapy

Many people still think of electroconvulsive therapy as a barbaric treatment, often dramatised in movies, but modern ECT that includes patient’s families can help dispel the stigma

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