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Our World: My Child, ECT and Me

My Child, ECT and Me

20/05/2017

BBC News Channel - Our World, My Child, ECT and Me

Reporting on the growing number of American children undergoing electroconvulsive therapy.

Reporting on the growing number of children in America undergoing electric shock treatment - now known as electroconvulsive therapy.

Children in America are undergoing electric shock treatment in growing numbers. Now known as electroconvulsive therapy - or ECT - the controversial treatment is being used on severely autistic children who self-harm. The BBC has been given access to film a child being treated using ECT. Our World's Chris Rogers meets parents who say the treatment is helping their children, and the critics who say it is barbaric.

A warning that the following programme shows children self-harming and undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. Some viewers may find these images upsetting.

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