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How electroconvulsive therapy is saving autistic kids
You usually can’t talk about “electric shock therapy” without mentioning “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” In the 1975 film, Jack Nicholson’s character gets an electric shock that sends him into a seizure.
You usually can’t talk about “electric shock therapy” without mentioning “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” In the 1975 film, Jack Nicholson’s character gets an electric shock that sends him into a seizure. But the real procedure, called electroconvulsive therapy, doesn’t look like it did in the movie, and it works well for people with severe depression and bipolar disorder. Now it’s being used for special cases of children with autism.
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