Re: electroshock therapy, the &quot;modern&quot; version of ECT (i.e. the only version allowed for the last 50 years) is effectively just about inducing small seizures in the brains of anesthetized people, rather than frying anything. Less &quot;burning out the bad parts&quot;, more &quot;recalibration of synaptic weights&quot; ala how ketamine is theorized to act in the treatment of depression. Actually scares me quite a bit <i>less</i> than the idea of being given chronic doses of antipsychotics.