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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    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.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 3, 2016 • 1 min read

    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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    4 of 5
    Concerns around voter intimidation and Brexit
    1. 0:31Concerns grow around voter intimidation and fraud
    2. 8:37Dirty web tricks attempt to disenfranchise voters
    3. 17:24Will there be a Brexit … from Brexit?
    4. 27:13How electroconvulsive therapy is saving autistic kidsYou’re reading this
    5. 41:57A history of Native American protests
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