At 12:54 2000/11/25 -0800, our doctor bob wrote, in part: >A few days ago, there were some questions regarding the use of >electroshock treatments in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. I >posted a brief message urging caution with using a procedure which >has been shown to cause brain dysfunction. Janet followed by a list >of references, and Dr. Charlie also spoke favorably of ECT in >Parkinson's. > >I did a PubMed challenge this morning and came up with the following >(I reviewed the abstracts of Janet's citations as part of this)... thanks bob i hadnt read the citations myself but i posted them as 'weaponry' for your 'showdown at the pd-ect corral'! amazing stuff this blending of movement and mood disorders and how to deal with them jmp janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/