# Shock Treatment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [September 24, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-treatment/83515 "2001-09-24T17:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jordi\_Pujol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@Jordi\_Pujol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jordi_Pujol)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-treatment/83515/1 "2001-09-24T17:20:49Z")
Shock treatment is about as scientific as Saturday Morning cartoons. The main proponent/reseacher of ECT (who’s name escapes me)is the owner of one of the only two companies in the United States that manufactures ECT equipment. Imagine that. The truth is ECT works sometimes, sometimes not, and no one really understands it at all. I think its medieval, personally. FYI…Dick Cavett had ECT back in the day. J.P. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-treatment/83515/2 "2001-09-25T06:04:44Z")
Ahhh, but JP it works _sometimes_ and as a treatment of last resort isn’t that better than nothing? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-treatment/83515/3 "2001-09-25T10:04:41Z")
A link to the column is appreciated. Providing one can be as simple as pasting the URL into your post, making sure to leave a space on either side of it. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990319.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990319.html)