ECT
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Such a flat employer compensation tax, or ECT, could delay Social Security’s insolvency by 20 years, or by even longer if it was part of a package of provisions to fund the program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
It would be offered to patients with the most hard-to-treat depression, as an alternative to ECT.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
More than half of those given ketamine showed improvement, compared with about 41% for those receiving ECT.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
"At the end of the day, what's most important to patients and to doctors is that the treatment works, which in the case of ECT, it does," said Voytek.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
The 1975 film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is among the most infamous portrayals, depicting ECT as a violent punishment to subdue an unruly patient.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
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