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Re: Electric shock treatment.

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In the digest Dale Severance wrote:

>One of my support group members was hospitalized 14 days for Electric Shock
>treatment for his PD. The individual had substantial tremours, was depressed
>and received little help from his sinemet.
>
>I have not seen anyone describing Shock treatment as a course of treatment
>for PD. Has anyone else heard of or had shock treatment for PD>

Indeed yes, or rather it was to treat depression for a PWP. She reckoned
it was pretty successful.

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Jeremy Browne - jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hampshire, UK


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