This is a tangent, but electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be very effective for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar. As far as I know it's not effectiv

This is a tangent, but electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be very effective for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar. As far as I know it's not effective for autism, but ECT often gets namedropped for shock value by people who don't like psychiatry, and when it's used appropriately and consensually for disorders it can treat, it doesn't deserve such a bad reputation. The end result is that people tend to be very scared of ECT even when it could probably help them.