They still do. I was horrified recently when a friend of my husband informed us that he has his daughter get SHOCK TREATMENT for depression. She is ONLY 12 years old! Prozac wasn't working and they scared the crap out of the parents by saying that if we don't "jolt her out of this depression, she will commit suicide ... we've seen this happen too many times ... "
They fell for it. They put them under anesthia and do the old fashioned shock treatment. They have no idea on how this will affect a developing brain. What they DO know is that she will permanently lose some of her memory and only time will tell what memories are gone. Is this irresponsible or what?