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Re:Study: Electroshock therapy more successful for depressio... by theGnuMe on Sunday October 23, 2022 @09:15PM (#33311953)
In the beginning we only had psychotherapy and it was like 15-30% successful IIRC.. so no, not necessarily.
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Re:Study: Electroshock therapy more successful for depressio... by petesergeant on Monday October 24, 2022 @01:45AM (#33313299)
I think it's a reasonable assumption that psychotherapy has improved since the 1940s/1950s when alternative medicines came out.
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