Mental health boss defends use of controversial ECT shock therapy for depression
The treatment involves sending an electric current through a patient s brain.
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A Greater Manchester mental health chief has defended the use of a controversial treatment which involves running an electrical current through patients brains.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - formerly known as shock or electroshock therapy - has been used since the 1930s but is now being heavily criticised by experts who question the evidence behind it.