One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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…reasons. Many professionals dislike the idea of passing electric current through the head that produces convulsions, even if they are given sedatives before hand. There is also the side effects. There is disruption in the recall of recent events and some patients suffer this lapse of memory on a permanent basis. No one seems to know how ECT works and for reasons stated above, it was outlawed in California but later overturned by the courts.