
ECT: The final (essential) option
Kathy and Julie both thought they had exhausted options to treat their sons’ medication-resistant psychiatric conditions.
Bergman is the communications manager for the Department of Psychiatry and the Eisenberg Family Depression Center. She provides marketing and communications expertise to a wide variety of mental health research programs, faculty and staff. She has over 11 years of experience at U-M, and prior to that, worked in the corporate world for several global companies.
Kathy and Julie both thought they had exhausted options to treat their sons’ medication-resistant psychiatric conditions.
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