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‘I was in a darker place than I’d ever been. ECT was my only hope’: how Ted Scheinman finally broke through his depression
The Smithsonian editor’s new book tracks decades of crippling mental tumult, culminating in a treatment steeped in controversy: electroconvulsive therapy.
Summary
Troubled from the age of three, by 35 the American journalist viewed himself as ‘the lowest piece of dirt on the Earth’ – and neither therapy nor drugs seemed to help. But there was one thing he hadn’t tried … Ted Scheinman can date the origin of his depression with laser accuracy.
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