Despite protests calling for a ban on the treatment, electroshock
therapy is frequently used by Canadian psychiatrists to treat severe
depression.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimates that
last year, the procedure, which dates back to 1938 and involves
passing electrical currents though the brain to trigger seizures, was
used more than 15,000 times in the country.

The figure has remained virtually unchanged since 2002, CIHI says,
showing that the popularity of the procedure remains strong.

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