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CANADA - DECEMBER 18: Consent needed: Dr. Emil Zamora demonstrates how electroconvulsive therapy is done at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton. Some readers say ECT should be banned; others say it's an effective treatment; but most agree the consent of the patient should be required before treatment. (Photo by David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

CANADA - DECEMBER 18:  Consent needed: Dr. Emil Zamora demonstrates how electroconvulsive therapy is done at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton. Some readers say ECT should be banned; others say it's an effective treatment; but most agree the consent of the patient should be required before treatment.   (Photo by David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images)