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Peggy S. Salters, from South Carolina, in 2005 became the first recipient of electroconvulsive therapy in the United States to win a jury verdict and a large money judgment ($635,177) in compensation for extensive permanent amnesia and cognitive disability caused by the procedure.[1] She had received outpatient ECT treatment in 2000 (13 shocks in 19 days), and reported losing all her memories of the past 30 years as a result, including all memories of her deceased husband.[2][3]

She once worked as a psychiatric nurse.[3]

References

  1. ^ "People Who, untitled article". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ http://www.mhselfhelp.org/storage/publications/the-key-update/volume-2/Volume%202%20Number%202%20kupaug05.pdf
  3. ^ a b "After the Bombings: Emile Henry v. the New York Times". counterpunch.org.
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