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Originally Posted by Boreas
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Electroconvulsive therapy was different. That made permanent changes to the "wiring" in your brain. This is "operant conditioning", a learned response to a stimulus.
John
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I realize that John but the problem was that they never knew beforehand what the changes would be or whether they would be positive. It was like having someone operate a switchboard blindfolded. I don't consider the idea of using similar devices for 'behaviour modification' to be any more sensible let alone that it is also barbaric.
Some electro shock devices are useful as we well know having had our Son's AF rate of 225BPM reduced to 70BPM when he had that last attack using the paddles. The ten days of tests and corrective action taken appear to have worked since he has been attack free since then.