GALLERY, VIDEO: The Rebel Behind the Mercury's Cartoons

Published July 23, 2013

GALLERY, VIDEO: The rebel behind the Mercury's cartoons
Despite the best drugs modern medicine has to offer and 20 sessions of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT), bipolar episodes "still come to visit like some annoying, unwanted relative". His decline is unusually swift and his recovery just as abrupt. A … Read more on Illawarra Mercury

Probe into shock treatment
The aim of the treatment is to relieve severe depression. Satheesh Kumar, medical director at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, said: "Four incidents relating to the ECT Suite in 2013 have been reported. "When alerted to this, we temporarily … Read more on This is Leicestershire

Dominic Beer
He would later become a member of the Christian Medical Fellowship, with numerous publications addressing issues such as the psychological impact of abortion and the role of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treating profoundly depressed patients. Read more on Telegraph.co.uk