Famous persons who have had ECT
ECT (electroschock convulsive therapy)
Depression
Antonin Artaud, French poet and playwright
Miles Buchanan, brother of Australian actress Simone Buchanan
Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist
Kitty Dukakis, wife of former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and author of Shock, a book chronicling her experiences with ECT.
Thomas Eagleton, US senator and vice presidential candidate
Roky Erickson, American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist.
Francois Luong, a prominent gay rights activist from Western Sydney.
Janet Frame, New Zealand writer and poet.
Romulus Gaita, father of Australian philosopher Raimond Gaita[citation needed]
Judy Garland, actress
Harold Gimblett, British cricketer. "Rita [his wife] came to see me and couldn't believe the difference. I had some colour back in my cheeks..."
Peter Green, English blues guitarist, founding member of Fleetwood Mac
David Helfgott, Australian pianist.
Ernest Hemingway, American Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
Marya Hornbacher, American writer.
Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer.
Dave Mustaine, American musician, Guitarist and lead vocalist of Thrash Metal band Megadeth,
Michael Moriarty, American actor.
Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon and writer
Sylvia Plath, American writer and poet.
Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground
Yves Saint-Laurent, French fashion designer.
Townes van Zandt, American country singer-songwriter.
Vivien Leigh, English Actress and second wife of Laurence Olivier[citation needed]
Robert M. Pirsig, American author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
David Foster Wallace, American writer
Gene Tierney, American Actress
Paul Robeson, American Socialist, singer, actor and civil rights forerunner
Carrie Fisher, American Actress best known for her role as "Princess Leia" in the Star Wars films
Spike Milligan, Anglo-Irish comedian and writer
Rachel Matz, Author
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