Some people need electroconvulsive therapy, which blasts their brain with current to jar them out of the blues, risking side effects like memory loss.

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For decades psychiatrists have used shock therapy to treat cases of depression that haven't been helped by antidepressant medications, and in recent years the treatment -- now known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) -- has experienced something of a revival.

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