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Shock The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

Kitty Dukakis

Challenging long-standing beliefs about ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, the wife of former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis describes how the technique helped her to overcome her more than twenty-year struggle with depression, compares ECT to anti-depressants and psychotherapy, and shares p...

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Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Michael Dukakis, wrote this book after undergoing ECT herself. It was mentioned to be informative about the history of the treatment as well as her personal experiences with it.

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Kitty Dukakis, wife of Michael Dukakis, former presidential nominee, Tilly Rodin, a tank, wrote a book because she had it. And it's called Shock, the Healing Powers of Electroconvulsive Therapy. And i...

— Episode: SYSK Selects: How Electroconvulsive Ther...

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works

Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Michael Dukakis, wrote this book after undergoing ECT herself. It was mentioned to be informative about the history of the treatment as well as her personal experiences with it.

"

Kitty Dukakis, wife of Michael Dukakis, former presidential nominee, Tilly Rodin, a tank, wrote a book because she had it. And it's called Shock, the Healing Powers of Electroconvulsive Therapy. And it helped her out.

And she doesn't like championing it for everyone or anything. But gives a lot of great history and then says how it has helped her in her journey through depression.

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works

Kitty Dukakis, the wife of a former presidential nominee, wrote this book about her experience with ECT and its positive impact on her depression.

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Kitty Dukakis, wife of Michael Dukakis, former presidential nominee, Tilly Rodin, a tank, wrote a book because she had it. And it's called Shock, the Healing Powers of Electroconvulsive Therapy. And it helped her out.

And she doesn't like championing it for everyone or anything. But gives a lot of great history and then says how it has helped her in her journey through depression.

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