Women report more harms and less benefit from ECT, study finds
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A large international study of 858 participants across 44 countries found that women receiving electroconvulsive therapy report less mood improvement and more memory loss than men, with higher perceptions of coerced treatment and gaps in trauma-informed care; the piece also cites Paris Jackson’s painful experience to highlight the need for better patient information and regulation.
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