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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial treatment 

This controversy is well earned as:

• The devices used to generate seizures have never been tested by the FDA for safety or efficacy
• ECT treatment is not standardized or regulated
• Consent forms don’t warn patients of all risks before treatment
• People injured by ECT are not given proper testing or rehabilitation 
• Many are still given ECT by coercion or force 
• No one who administers ECT is required to understand pathophysiology of repeated exposure to high (bipolar-pulsed) electric fields nor do they have training in Physics to distinguish between ECT settings (pulsed electric fields)
• In some countries ECT is still given unmodifed (without anesthesia or muscle paralytics)
• ECT is given to vulnerable groups including pregnant women, veterans, the elderly, prison inmates, people with autism, and children 13 and younger