Hughes J, Barraclough B M, Reeve W
J R Soc Med. 1981 Apr;74(4):283-5. doi: 10.1177/014107688107400409.
Seventy-two consecutive patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe mental illness were asked their opinions about ECT: 83% considered they had improved as a result of the treatment and 81% would have it again. Most found the experience neutral or pleasant and 54% thought the dentist more distressing. Claims in newspapers, magazines, television and elsewhere that ECT is cruel and frightening receive little support from the results of this study.
72名连续接受电休克治疗（ECT）以治疗严重精神疾病的患者被询问他们对ECT的看法：83%的人认为他们因治疗而有所改善，81%的人愿意再次接受治疗。大多数人觉得这种体验是中性的或愉快的，54%的人认为看牙医更令人痛苦。报纸、杂志、电视和其他地方声称ECT残忍且可怕的说法，在这项研究的结果中几乎得不到支持。
