They unfortunately depicted ECT in a barbaric, primitive and completely unrealistic view.

They view this not as a true disorder but as some kind of weakness of character, and if only they could just pull themselves up by their bootstraps they would be fine.

Charles Nemeroff

There's another factor that we don't often think about, and that's the frequent travel, the jumping across time zones, jet lag. We know that disruption in sleep-wake cycles is another precipitant for depression.

Charles Nemeroff

So they tend not to take as good care of themselves, both physically and psychologically, and in the end that takes a toll.

Charles Nemeroff