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C D Frith, M Stevens, E C Johnstone, J F Deakin, P Lawler and T J Crow. "The British Journal of Psychiatry." Effects of ECT and Depression on Various Aspects of Memory. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. This source presents an experiment that was performed using a placebo and non-placebo effect. After keeping track of the patients 6 months later, severe effects kicked in. This source is considered reliable because it is done by the British Journal of Psychiatry. "Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)." Mental Health America:. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2013. This source provides the reader with summary of why electroshock therapy is so controversial and if it is an option. Although this is a short article it obtains a plethora of information that could widen your thought and knowledge of electroshock therapy. It includes the procedures to take before deciding and/or going through. This course is deemed reliable because it is from Mental Health America. "Electroconvulsive Therapy Patient Experience." Electroconvulsive Therapy Patient Experience. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. This source provides the reader with first-hand experiences of electroshock therapy. It involves the experience of an individual who received a positive effect of electroshock therapy and a negative effect. This article also states that negative effects are more noteworthy and common of ETC. This source is deemed useful because it allows the reader to be more educated by their own society and not what the media may want them to believe. Johnstone, Lucy. "Adverse Psychological Effects of ECT." Adverse Psychological

Effects of ECT. N.p., Feb. 1999. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. This source is one of the most reliable I came upon while looking up different topics of electroshock therapy. It provides examples, reasoning, and experimental information about electroshock therapy. All one needs to know about electroshock therapy is in this article. "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." YouTube. YouTube, 16 May 2006. Web. 27 Mar. 2013. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest can be a great beginning to ones curiosity of electroshock therapy. This movie depicts scenarios that could be real life and struggles that patients with mental illnesss deal with. Although this is a fictional movie I believe the scene picked out for this source is reliable on what a procedure of ETC may be like. Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Definition." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 25 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 Mar. 2013. Mayo Clinic has provided me, with many different reliable sources, this being one. This source provided me with my first definition of what Electroshock therapy is and what is does. Although it states that electroshock therapy is much safer today it is reliable because of whom the source is provided by. "The Rise of Electroshock Therapy: A Guide - The Week." The Week. N.p., 11 May 2012. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. Staff of The Week explained why electroshock therapy is back and the reasoning behind it. ECT was brought back as a way of curing mental disorders because although it was the last thing they would want to go to, it is the best thing. This article provides the why, whos, hows, and whats of ETC and the reasoning behind why it is really back. This

source is deemed very useful for future references and knowledge of bizarre treatments in our world today.