Name: How electroshock therapy changed me
Uploaded: 2007-10-30T04:23:00Z
Duration: 22 min 4 s
Description: Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own. It's a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances.

Sherwin Nuland: How electroshock therapy changed me

How electroshock therapy changed me

Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own. It's a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances.

Electroconvulsive therapy, once stigmatized and nearly abandoned, can bring astonishing relief to those with severe, treatment-resistant depression. One man recounts how twenty rounds of shock therapy lifted him from utter despair, saving his career and family after all hope seemed lost. His story reveals that even in the bleakest circumstances, profound recovery is possible. The journey from despair to renewal echoes the ancient myth of the phoenix rising from its own ashes.