1 Comments Posted by Gabbi

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In answer to John Black, today ECT is only used after all other choices have been exhausted. I underwent it in 2001 for depression and would not recommend it unless the patient has tried every other possible procedure or medication. It does cause memory loss and they do use mouth gags (these were used on me to keep me from biting my tongue). Only those who were in the hospital would know what they were used for in this hospital, but ECT is what mouth gags are used for in psychiatric hospitals.