I have seen people who had undergone shock therapy, and it shocked me. The zombies were lead into the cafeteria, sat down, chin placed in their hands, and there they stayed. Drool poured out of their mouths, eyes saw nothing, and they never moved. One fellow I knew got shock therapy, but what he really needed was a divorce. I happened to see his wife leaving during visiting hours, and I said "well, there goes so and so", knowing that he was about to have his usual freakout. Less than two minutes later he was lying on the floor, trying to smash the leg of his bed through his chest, then he tried to break a window with a chair so he could jump. Every time I was there after she visited, this same kind of scenario was enacted, and I always wanted to beat the crap out of her. If she wanted a divorce, why not just get one, why do her best to make him commit suicide? In this case, I thought the wrong person was in hospital. I would like to believe that shock therapy did some good, but unfortunately, in most cases that I knew of, the so called support network appeared to be the causative factor. There is still a lot more to learn about mental health, everyone wishes there was a magic cure, almost no one has the slightest understanding about it, and so, we muddle on. Hopefully, we will get better at it over time, in the meantime, it is trial and error. Not nice, but its the best we have at present.