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I wanted to end my life... it saved me: JANE FRYER reveals the disturbing rise of electric shock therapy, the patients who swear by it - and the thousands left with memory loss and brain damage after having it done without consent

I wanted to end my life... it saved me: JANE FRYER reveals the disturbing rise of electric shock therapy, the patients who swear by it - and the thousands left with memory loss and brain damage after having it done without consent

For many of us, the very mention of electric shock (or electroconvulsive) therapy (ECT) conjures up dark thoughts of locked wards, nightmares and Boris Karloff movies of the 1950s.

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