Document 16

Watch the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KxU3dPeink

• Determine the perspective and purpose of this broadcast.
• The man in the video was being treated for depression. What are the most common treatments for depression today? Is it possible that ECT is still used to treat depression. Would you allow yourself to be treated by ECT for depression? Why or why not?
• What differences do you see in the reenactment of the ECT or electroshock therapy than you saw in Document 5? What are the similarities?
• What impact do you think this broadcast may have had on public opinion of electroshock therapy?
• Do you think the patient that was interviewed was providing an accurate account of his electroshock therapy? What would be motives for the patient to skew his story for the broadcast?