‘I was in a darker place than I’d ever been. ECT was my only hope’: how Ted Scheinman finally broke through his depression

The Smithsonian editor’s new book tracks decades of crippling mental tumult, culminating in a treatment steeped in controversy: electroconvulsive therapy. The…

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