Editing Electroconvulsive therapy (section)

===Fictional examples===
Electroconvulsive therapy has been depicted in fiction, including fictional works partly based on true experiences. These include [[Sylvia Plath]]'s semi-autobiographical novel, ''[[The Bell Jar]]'', [[Ken Loach]]'s film [[Family Life (1971 British film)|''Family Life'']], and [[Ken Kesey]]'s novel ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''; Kesey's novel is a direct product of his time working the [[Shift plan#Graveyard shift|graveyard shift]] as an orderly at a mental health facility in Menlo Park, California.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Kellner |first=C.H. |title=Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders |chapter=Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Literature |journal=Prog. Brain Res. |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-444-63364-4 |series=Progress in Brain Research |volume=206 |pages=219–228 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-63364-4.00029-6 |pmid=24290484}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=David T. |last2=Snyder |first2=Sharon L. |title=Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse |date=2000 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-06748-0 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwyUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174 |language=en}}</ref>

Two analyses of large numbers of films using ECT scenes found that almost all presented fictional settings that were unrelated to real treatment routines and were apparently aimed at stigmatizing ECT as a tool of repression and of mind and behavior control - having effects of memory-erosion, pain and damage.<ref name="pmid27522170">{{cite journal | vauthors = Sienaert P | title = Based on a True Story? The Portrayal of ECT in International Movies and Television Programs | journal = Brain Stimulation | volume = 9 | issue = 6 | pages = 882–891 | year = 2016 | pmid = 27522170 | pmc =  | doi = 10.1016/j.brs.2016.07.005 | s2cid = 206356310 }}</ref><ref name="pmid27008331">{{cite journal | vauthors = Matthews AM, Rosenquist PB, McCall WV | title = Representations of ECT in English-Language Film and Television in the New Millennium | journal = The Journal of ECT | volume = 32 | issue = 3 | pages = 187–191 | date = September 2016 | pmid = 27008331 | pmc =  | doi = 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000312 | s2cid = 206144447 }}</ref>

The song “The Mind Electric” by [[Miracle Musical]] is typically interpreted as depicting someone undergoing ECT.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=Electroconvulsive Therapy Is Torture |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=TV Tropes}}</ref>

In the television series "[[Mr Bates vs The Post Office]]", which is based on true events, the character of Saman Kaur receives ECT following a deep [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and attempted [[suicide]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Real People and Cast of Mr Bates vs The Post Office |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/the-real-people-and-cast-of-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/ |website=Masterpiece |publisher=PBS |access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref>