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vii Contents Acknowledgments — ix Notes on Terminology — xi 1 The Trouble with Time — 1 2 Eugenic Conceptions I: Ticking Time Bombs — 13 3 Eugenic Conceptions II: Useless Eaters — 28 4 A Little Brain Pathology — 44 5 Informed Consent and the Dawn of the Public Relations Era — 67 6 The American Psychiatric Association Task Force — 86 7 The Making of an American Activist — 107 8 The ECT Industry Cows the Media — 124 9 Long Strange Trip: ECT at the Food and Drug Administration — 138 10 The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry — 156 11 Anecdote or Evidence? — 170 12 Shaming Science — 189 13 The Lie That Won’t Die — 212 14 Erasing History — 231 15 The Triumph of Public Relations over Science — 253 16 Should ECT Be Banned? The Moral Context — 267 17 Where Do We Go from Here? — 287 Epilogue — 302 Appendix: Letters from FDA Docket No. 82P-0316 — 306 Notes — 316 Resources — 349 Index — 351 Prelims.qxd 12/6/08 3:26 AM Page vii Prelims.qxd 12/6/08 3:26 AM Page viii ...

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