I love the thought of using more targeted ECT [1] to do this. It makes me wonder if something similar could replace almost all of the other uses for ECT while

I love the thought of using more targeted ECT [1] to do this. It makes me wonder if something similar could replace almost all of the other uses for ECT while removing a decent amount of the side-effects given the focused nature of this. One of the biggest of which that I'm aware of is that it can cause severe memory loss, whether it deals with the underlying problem or not. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy