Electroshock: Healing Mental IllnessElectroshock therapy has long suffered from a controversial and bizarre public image, effectively removing it as a treatment option for many patients. In Electroshock, Max Fink, M. D., draws on 45 years of clinical and research experience to argue that ECT is now a safe, painless, and sometimes life saving treatment for emotional and mental disorders. Dr. Fink traces the development of ECT from its discovery in 1934 followed by widespread use for two