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On the National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health website (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez), out of 2,550 papers on Parkinson's Disease, there are 111 papers mentioning ECT (Electro--Convulsive Therapy) and PD together; almost all concern the treatment of depression in PD, using ECT. I could find no substantive study of ECT used for the treatment of PD, per se. I note that the patient mentioned was regarded as suicidal, and therefore probably clinically depressed. Dr James F. Slattery PhD Soc Sc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn