SURVEY OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT IN A LARGE PRIVATE HOSPITAL
Abstract
This paper reports the summary of 2 years' use of electroshock treatment with the Reiter electro-stimulator at the Brattleboro Retreat, where electric shock had not previously been used. Number of patients treated was 249, of whom 161 or 65% were discharged. Of the total, only 23 or 6% were unimproved, but 88 of those treated are still in the hospital. As reported elsewhere there was a marked decrease in the percentage of recoveries when duration of illness was longer than one year.
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